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What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 3:55 pm
by Ltislander
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:06 pm
by PTasker15
Camponotus Penscalivanicus
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:44 pm
by Ltislander
Is it a queen?
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:02 pm
by Jadeninja9
PTasker15 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:06 pm
Camponotus Penscalivanicus
There's no way you can tell from that picture lol. You can't even see any features. You need to take a better photo showing the top view of the queen.
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:58 pm
by Ltislander
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:47 pm
by Batspiderfish
Looks like Lasius claviger, but without the complete information for an ID request (location), nobody's going to be that much help to you.
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:04 pm
by Ltislander
The location is cape cod MA
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:22 pm
by Batspiderfish
Yeah, looks like the social parasite, Lasius claviger to me. She will need host workers if you want to keep her. These ants are not easy to start, so no harm in returning her where you found her. Did you actually measure her, or is it a guess?
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:21 am
by Ltislander
I checked again she is 7 mm. Also do I need to take brood from other colonies to make her have eggs?
Re: What kind of ant is this?
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 8:36 am
by Batspiderfish
Ltislander wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:21 am
I checked again she is 7 mm. Also do I need to take brood from other colonies to make her have eggs?
http://www.formiculture.com/topic/3252-much-ado-about-the-founding-of-lasius-temporary-social-parasites/