Queen ID please - 8mm, caught in Ohio on 6/30/18

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Dork1522
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Queen ID please - 8mm, caught in Ohio on 6/30/18

Post: # 39372Post Dork1522
Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:02 am

As the title says. We are new and rookies. Our guess is a Tetramorium sp.

https://imgur.com/a/fmmXUcI

Any and all help appreciated.

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Batspiderfish
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Re: Queen ID please - 8mm, caught in Ohio on 6/30/18

Post: # 39406Post Batspiderfish
Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:40 pm

Agreed -- Tetramorium immigrans. These are all over the place this morning, in Maine.
If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.

Dork1522
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Re: Queen ID please - 8mm, caught in Ohio on 6/30/18

Post: # 39416Post Dork1522
Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:27 pm

TYTY ... we finally got one right!

And since the post we caught another. Since they are polygynous can we test tube them together?

Dinoff
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Re: Queen ID please - 8mm, caught in Ohio on 6/30/18

Post: # 39452Post Dinoff
Sun Jul 01, 2018 7:19 am

Thanks for the post. Saved me the trouble of taking pictures of the two I caught yesterday.

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