I found this queen today after a heavy rain storm. She is around 3/8 of an inch in length and found in southern New Jersey.
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Need a queen ID(Lasius alienus, Formica subsericea)
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Need a queen ID(Lasius alienus, Formica subsericea) |
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 32 07/06/2008 10:31 PM |
Last Edited By: ShawnLG 07/15/2008 10:37 PM.
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Posts: 17018 07/06/2008 10:46 PM
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Location and other details as shown in http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/1413 ?
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Posts: 17018 07/06/2008 10:47 PM
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Oh and I wonder if that is an Argentine ant.
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 32 07/06/2008 11:01 PM |
"Oh and I wonder if that is an Argentine ant. "
I don't thinks so, I have read the horror stories about them and the tannish ants in New Jersey do not bother anyone. They are also not aggressive. Argentine ants are located down south and in California. |
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Minor Worker Ant Posts: 104 07/07/2008 12:51 AM |
Looks like Formica, but I'm not sure. I'd like to see her eyes - Formica have eyes larger than most ants and they are oval shaped.
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Posts: 257 07/07/2008 7:29 AM Doc. and Soldier Ant
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It's a Lasius, probably L. alienus. They are flying just about now over much of eastern US.
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ShawnLG |
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 32 07/15/2008 11:39 AM |
This big queen I have found on the sidewalk this afternoon. She looks like a formica species(large black soil dwelling ants). I had this type of queen in an
ant farm years ago but I did not take good care of the colony and they eventually died. Dose anyone know the exact species?
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TAFMF Addict Posts: 3121 07/15/2008 12:13 PM |
It looks like Formica subsericea.
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Minor Worker Ant Posts: 114 07/15/2008 12:57 PM |
so everybody can see the images posted here? I unfortunatly cannot they show up as little squares with an x in the middle.
are you going to keep these queens? |
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 74 07/15/2008 1:36 PM |
ShawnLG wrote:Im so glad you posted this photo for ID. I have a queen that looks exactly like her but hadnt yet gotten around to requesting an ID here. I suspected she was Camponotus variety but after researching MrILTA's ID I finally have my answer. |
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Posts: 17018 07/15/2008 2:17 PM
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Vulgaris wrote: Photos. look fine to me. Can you connect to one like http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/74b26c93def76c1bdf0b01084db2e57d612026fa.pjpg ?
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