hairy formica alate?
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hairy formica alate?
I went out on Sunday after watching the new AntsCanada Video on the weekend, gave me the idea to go try a new spot, Me and my Girlfriend set out with 8 test tubes, we managed to fill each one. i'm pretty sure they are all Formica but to be sure the are all queens and if you are able to tell if they are Formica or not, we brought them home, put them in test tube setups took picture of each and put them away and haven't bothered them. This is my first time catching queens and its been hard to not go and look at them to check on the progress.
We are from central Alberta Canada and they were caught on August 6th.
Also let me know if the quality came through and they are clear enough
as for my guess i think a couple are Formica Podzolica. Also i don't think any of these would be social parasites but tell em what you think. i am most interested in finding out about queen 3 and 5
Queen 1
Queen 2
Queen 3 (the only winged one we found)
Queen 4
Queen 5 (the only one with a red-ish color to her, might be a thatching?)
Queen 6
Queen 7
Queen 8
We are from central Alberta Canada and they were caught on August 6th.
Also let me know if the quality came through and they are clear enough
as for my guess i think a couple are Formica Podzolica. Also i don't think any of these would be social parasites but tell em what you think. i am most interested in finding out about queen 3 and 5
Queen 1
Queen 2
Queen 3 (the only winged one we found)
Queen 4
Queen 5 (the only one with a red-ish color to her, might be a thatching?)
Queen 6
Queen 7
Queen 8
Re: hairy formica alate?
Might just be the angle. I'll try and get some better pictures off her tomorrow or on the weekend
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Re: hairy formica alate?
no 5 is definetly a queen. all of them are queens.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: hairy formica alate?
No 5 may be a social parasite. I just found a couple of them yesterday. Batspiderfish helped me identify them. He pointed me to a great post of his here that talks about them:
http://www.formiculture.com/topic/3252-much-ado-about-the-founding-of-lasius-temporary-social-parasites/
http://www.formiculture.com/topic/3252-much-ado-about-the-founding-of-lasius-temporary-social-parasites/
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Re: hairy formica alate?
queen 5 close ups and one with her and her new pupae which she appears to now be taking care of
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