Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
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Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
And here we go I'm 90% sure shes Formica Sp. but it's always good to ask and take away that 10% worry.
https://imgur.com/a/CShXCRw
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https://imgur.com/a/CShXCRw
Thoughts?
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Re: Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
Most definitely a Formica sp. of some sort. Actually looks like Formica fusca to me.
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2x Solenposis xyloni
2x Solenopsis amblychila
2x Pheidole sp.
3x Pogonomyrmex rugosus
1x Brachymyrmex patagonicus
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Re: Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
Looks like Formica to me to, just not sure about F. Fusca.
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Re: Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
Yeah they definitely are not my best pictures I was in a rush (combination of wanting to get her set up quickly and the fact I was in between errands) and saw her scurrying awfully close to a hunting tetramorium colony... and I've seen what they can do to a queen... so it was a quick photoshoot and off to chores updated pictures soon.
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Re: Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
so that proved difficult, just one... she was not very happy with the light which is not to suprising, its just a silhouette kinda shot but it shows the hairs on her gaster and some of the hairs on the legs... plastic tubes do not make great settings for pictures.
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Re: Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
Last ones for now, had a thunderstorm so lighting was bad but better than last night .
https://imgur.com/a/WSIoipx
https://imgur.com/a/WSIoipx
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Re: Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
Based of the shininess then yes it is Formica Fusca.
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Re: Queen ID caught 07/15/18 11mm southern Ontario
Thanks. Come to think of it her and the few others I saw dart passed Me were exceptionally shiny even for ants.. didn't even dawn on me to post that observation.
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