Is this f. neogagatus? Toronto, July 28 - 11mm

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MaxGen
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Is this f. neogagatus? Toronto, July 28 - 11mm

Post: # 27209Post MaxGen
Fri Jul 28, 2017 4:17 pm

I think I may have caught my second F. neogagatus this year, but I could use verification please.

Toronto, July 28, 11mm

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DrDramaticElk1
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Re: Is this f. neogagatus? Toronto, July 28 - 11mm

Post: # 27211Post DrDramaticElk1
Fri Jul 28, 2017 4:27 pm

nice pics, can't help with identifying it though lol
keeper (hopefully) of camponotus :D

MaxGen
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Re: Is this f. neogagatus? Toronto, July 28 - 11mm

Post: # 27214Post MaxGen
Fri Jul 28, 2017 4:42 pm

Thanks. It's just an iPhone with a clip on macro lens I bought on Amazon :)

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Re: Is this f. neogagatus? Toronto, July 28 - 11mm

Post: # 27233Post Batspiderfish
Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:51 pm

Looks like Formica argentea or Formica subsericea, based on hair coverage and length of the scapes.
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MaxGen
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Re: Is this f. neogagatus? Toronto, July 28 - 11mm

Post: # 27240Post MaxGen
Fri Jul 28, 2017 7:22 pm

Thanks again Batspiderfish. I'm leaning toward subserecia.

CanadianAnter seems to catch a lot of those in Toronto. Haven't heard him mention argentea yet.

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Re: Is this f. neogagatus? Toronto, July 28 - 11mm

Post: # 27250Post idahoantgirl
Fri Jul 28, 2017 7:44 pm

Very pretty queen!
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

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