Hard to tell exact species as no close-up but as you are from UK I'm certain their Lasius Niger as they are so common currently.ecwp1981 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:16 amHello everyone, I am new to this forum and any keeping, however, yesterday I managed to catch hundreds? of queens ants. My test tubes are on its way and I will be picking 20 of them for the testtubes. I think they are Lasius niger? a common black garden ant in the UK? If anyone can confirm, that will be great. Video link below:
https://youtu.be/kyY5YVh5EtE
Also if anyone near me wants some, please feel free to come over to collect them I dont think I have that many space for so many colonies lol.
Identify these queens
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Thanks, I think I can safely say that they are Lasius Niger after lots of interaction and moving about 50 of them over to the test tube setups. After spending most of my life time killing ants, this is the first time I am caring for them and having them for pets and they are very fascinating, cleaning themselves, drinking from water droplets (I never seen ants drink before), as well as the queens laying eggs and looking after them.*** SPAM *** wrote: ↑Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:33 amHard to tell exact species as no close-up but as you are from UK I'm certain their Lasius Niger as they are so common currently.
Lets hope the ones that are test tubed will make it and have litters of their own. I might sell them off to hobbyist and keep 1 or two myself. Thinking of looking for some Myrmica Rubra now but they don't seem to be as common as the L.niger
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Ants are interesting. I find Myrmica Rubra colonies are actually more common than you think. Just look around for the workers. As for nuptial flights they are normally later than L.Niger's. However I've never seen one as I am almost always away during August and early September:(
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Hello I am from Quebec - Montreal area. I found 2 species of black ant queen. I would like to identify them. One is taller, about 20 mm. the egg are white yellowish. The other queen is smaller, about 11mm. on its back, there is a kind of translucide stripe. her eggs are pure white color.
Big Queen
Small Queen:
Can you help me with those ?
Big Queen
Small Queen:
Can you help me with those ?
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Hi AC Family!
I try to catch this "queen" yesterday and i have a big question, is that a queen, i guess not ... but i wait your decizion
Thanks
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I try to catch this "queen" yesterday and i have a big question, is that a queen, i guess not ... but i wait your decizion
Thanks
https://ibb.co/cSJN6K
https://ibb.co/hObQRK
https://ibb.co/gmE10e
https://ibb.co/fWZODz
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Queen one is Camponotus pennsylvanicus (Black Carpender ant) and queen 2 is a Formica species, (Field ant) most likely subsericea. I am keeping both.nightshadow wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:49 pmHello I am from Quebec - Montreal area. I found 2 species of black ant queen. I would like to identify them. One is taller, about 20 mm. the egg are white yellowish. The other queen is smaller, about 11mm. on its back, there is a kind of translucide stripe. her eggs are pure white color.
Big Queen
Small Queen:
Can you help me with those ?
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Thank you AntsDakota, I thought the small one could be lasius niger but Formica make sense.
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Lasius niger is actually rare in North America. Any black ant that looks like Lasius niger is actually Lasius americanus.nightshadow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:02 pmThank you AntsDakota, I thought the small one could be lasius niger but Formica make sense.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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Actually they are more common than you think. The only way to tell for sure is by close examination of the antennae (counting the segments).AntsDakota wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:17 pmLasius niger is actually rare in North America. Any black ant that looks like Lasius niger is actually Lasius americanus.nightshadow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:02 pmThank you AntsDakota, I thought the small one could be lasius niger but Formica make sense.
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Batspiderfish told me that, and he's a pretty smart guy.TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:20 pmActually they are more common than you think. The only way to tell for sure is by close examination of the antennae (counting the segments).AntsDakota wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:17 pmLasius niger is actually rare in North America. Any black ant that looks like Lasius niger is actually Lasius americanus.nightshadow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:02 pmThank you AntsDakota, I thought the small one could be lasius niger but Formica make sense.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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