ID Help

[SuperChampF350]

I found this one in November 16 around 4:30 PM in Land O Lakes FL (Near Tampa)there are stripes on the gaster, and she like the humid side, also, sorry that the photos are a little blurry.

https://imgur.com/gallery/7k5U9WA

[antnest8]

looks a bit like lasius

[SuperChampF350]

I found this one in November 16 around 4:30 PM in Land O Lakes FL (Near Tampa)there are stripes on the gaster, and she like the humid side, also, sorry that the photos are a little blurry.

https://imgur.com/gallery/7k5U9WA

Btw I live in subtropics for those who don’t live in Florida so I have some temperate and tropical ants also, the queen is about 5mm long

[SuperChampF350]

I found this one in November 16 around 4:30 PM in Land O Lakes FL (Near Tampa)there are stripes on the gaster, and she like the humid side, also, sorry that the photos are a little blurry.

https://imgur.com/gallery/7k5U9WA

Btw I live in subtropics for those who don’t live in Florida so I have some temperate and tropical ants also, the queen is about 5mm long

Also I suspect one of three genuses:Lasius, Camponotus, and Paratrechina

[antnest8]

do you have the length of the queen because the queen does not look big enough for a camponotus sp.

[SuperChampF350]

do you have the length of the queen because the queen does not look big enough for a camponotus sp.

Yah I posted it in my replies to myself, 5mm

[antnest8]

oh sorry i can't believe i missed that

[DontSquishTheAnt]

Okay, this is definitely Formicidae, and I think that you are probably correct in saying that this is part of the tribe Lasiini; as it is too small for either Formica or Camponotus. However, I can't say whether this is Lasius, Nylanderia, Paratrechina, or something else. The stripes are a good sign, saying that your queen has probably mated, but that doesn't really help with the ID. To get even a genus level identification, you would have to count mandibular teeth, seta density, palpomeres, et cetera. For now, though, we can say that it is probably Lasius or Nylanderia. It is definitely in the size range for both of those too.

[SuperChampF350]

Okay, this is definitely Formicidae, and I think that you are probably correct in saying that this is part of the tribe Lasiini; as it is too small for either Formica or Camponotus. However, I can't say whether this is Lasius, Nylanderia, Paratrechina, or something else. The stripes are a good sign, saying that your queen has probably mated, but that doesn't really help with the ID. To get even a genus level identification, you would have to count mandibular teeth, seta density, palpomeres, et cetera. For now, though, we can say that it is probably Lasius or Nylanderia. It is definitely in the size range for both of those too.

Yah I’m working on figuring out macro shots

[antnest8]

the stripes could just be a species feature.