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JaraDaj
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:pls help me identify this queen

Post: # 41716Post JaraDaj
Thu Jul 19, 2018 2:05 pm

Could I get some help identifying this queen?

[youtube]https://youtu.be/btjjH8Yy9t8[/youtube]

I found 2 of them in the same parking lot back to back in Collinsville Illinois around the 14th of july. Looks to be bout 1 to 1.3 mm in length with a huge gator (?).

https://ibb.co/jatETd

Thx

JaraDaj
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Re: :pls help me identify this queen

Post: # 41719Post JaraDaj
Thu Jul 19, 2018 2:28 pm

That should say 1 to 1.3 centimeters

And my phone auto corrected the word gastor.
They look like carpenter ants

Thorond0r
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Re: :pls help me identify this queen

Post: # 41722Post Thorond0r
Thu Jul 19, 2018 2:59 pm

Looks like Formica sp. to me
First year of antkeeping, already enjoying it!

Currently founding:

Lasius niger
Lasius umbratus
Lasius flavus


Still hoping to find a Formica queen.

TheRealAntMan
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Re: :pls help me identify this queen

Post: # 41725Post TheRealAntMan
Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:07 pm

Formica Fusca.
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CashTheEntomoligist
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Re: :pls help me identify this queen

Post: # 41747Post CashTheEntomoligist
Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:39 pm

Formica Fusca.
Keeper Of: Pogonomyrmex barbatus Queen 2x
Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr Queen 2x
Dorymyrmex Queen 2x
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Batspiderfish
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Re: :pls help me identify this queen

Post: # 41751Post Batspiderfish
Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:06 pm

Formica fusca probably does not truly exist in North America. Since this queen has bands of silvery pubescence beyond the first gastral tergite, that would disqualify the nearctic equivolents, Formica subaenescens and Formica accreta (for Western NA).

This queen is most likely Formica subsericea, a common eastern species with longer antennal scapes.
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