Request for identification

Help with identifying the species your ants

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icebird83
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Request for identification

Post: # 58287Post icebird83
Wed May 15, 2019 2:29 pm

Hello from southern France.

I have an ant invasion in my bath and bedroom and need to know what species they are. I don't want to kill them but want to know how
I can lure them out of my house.

I took the photos with my smartphone. Let me know if you need better pictures. The ants are nesting under the floor tiles right at the wall floor junction.

thank you for helping me.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ds5h6azc1mhe25a/20190512_144144.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfd08ko8gqchos5/20190512_144231.jpg?dl=0

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Re: Request for identification

Post: # 58314Post JoeHostile1
Thu May 16, 2019 7:23 am

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Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans * Lasius Neoniger * Lasius Claviger * Messor Aciculatus * Myrmica Rubra * Camponotus Novaeboracensis * Camponotus Turkastanus * Pheidole Pallidula

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WillWithAnts
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Re: Request for identification

Post: # 58324Post WillWithAnts
Thu May 16, 2019 10:42 am

I couldn't tell you. . . What I do know is that luring them out is probably not an option. They rarely decide to move out unless their current nest is way worse than a new one.

icebird83
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Re: Request for identification

Post: # 58350Post icebird83
Fri May 17, 2019 1:50 pm

hello, thank you anyway.

How about me creating an outworld for them? Certainly better than living under the tiles. Those ants live usually outside.

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WillWithAnts
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Re: Request for identification

Post: # 58353Post WillWithAnts
Fri May 17, 2019 3:48 pm

:? Feeding them will only increase the population. If you want them to go away but not kill them, I think the best you can do is keep the area clean and seal any holes they might be coming in from.

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