Hello, last week I caught 2 queens and I want to identify them (Also I want to see if they are polygynous).
I caught them in Greece, outside my house and they are only 1cm long.
Thank you
ANT QUEEN IDENTIFICATION
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- UnrealSparks
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- Location: Turin - Italy
Re: ANT QUEEN IDENTIFICATION
Hi Spyneft,
Keep in mind I'm not an expert but I've done quite a big research and came up with "Crematogaster sp." which is present in Greece.
Unfortunately, if my identification is correct, there are no polygynous species of Crematogaster in your country.
Crematogaster queens can reach 8 mm in length but what confuses me is that their nutial flights usually end in October in Europe (but sometimes if the conditions are right, there can be late flights)
Here's two links to some videos of a Crematogaster Scutellaris queen so you can better compare them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu2yeqXj5M4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDP_0_yt_xc).
I'll also include some pictures about Crematogaster queens in general below.
PS. You provided some very nice pictures for the ID!
Keep in mind I'm not an expert but I've done quite a big research and came up with "Crematogaster sp." which is present in Greece.
Unfortunately, if my identification is correct, there are no polygynous species of Crematogaster in your country.
Crematogaster queens can reach 8 mm in length but what confuses me is that their nutial flights usually end in October in Europe (but sometimes if the conditions are right, there can be late flights)
Here's two links to some videos of a Crematogaster Scutellaris queen so you can better compare them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu2yeqXj5M4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDP_0_yt_xc).
I'll also include some pictures about Crematogaster queens in general below.
PS. You provided some very nice pictures for the ID!
Keeping the following colonies:
- [2x] Camponotus Barbaricus
- [2x] Lasius Flavus
Re: ANT QUEEN IDENTIFICATION
Thank you again
- UnrealSparks
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Re: ANT QUEEN IDENTIFICATION
No problem! Glad I could help!
Keeping the following colonies:
- [2x] Camponotus Barbaricus
- [2x] Lasius Flavus
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Re: ANT QUEEN IDENTIFICATION
Hope you're still around, I'd like to know how are your queens doing and final informations about ID. Would you tell us?
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