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Ant Id
Jul 23, 2013 23:08:31 GMT
Post by millsons on Jul 23, 2013 23:08:31 GMT
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peanuts
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Ant Id
Jul 23, 2013 23:38:45 GMT
Post by peanuts on Jul 23, 2013 23:38:45 GMT
They do look like niger queens to me from your pics.
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Jul 24, 2013 7:50:55 GMT
Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 24, 2013 7:50:55 GMT
First Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I could not find an ant ID Section. I have picked up 2 queens today after the raining showers this morning and hot weather during the day, but I need someone to help ID them for me as this is the first time I am keeping ants. I have looked around and I am guessing that they are Lasius niger. We don't have an ID board for ant species here, and to be honest any forum which creates a board for this subject is just asking for trouble, as even with photos experts cannot always identify which species they are looking at, as to be 100% sure you need a dead specimen so you can look at it under a good microscope. As we don't have any trained entomologists who are currently active on the forum, it is always a guessing game naming an ant from a photo or description. That said, it is a fairly safe assumption that what you have are Lasius niger due to the recent flights across the UK; but they may possibly be some other species? What I can say with certainty is that both your photos show queen ants belonging to the Lasius genus. Most likely L. niger, but this is just a guess, though it is maybe 87% correct.
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Ant Id
Jul 24, 2013 11:19:21 GMT
Post by millsons on Jul 24, 2013 11:19:21 GMT
Hello
Thanks for both of your replies.
I understand what your saying about it is hard to ID but all I want was a rough opinions, Which you gave me. At least now I know that that they won't sting me if they escape lol.
Thanks for your replies millsons
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Ant Id
Aug 31, 2013 15:21:16 GMT
Post by honeypotant on Aug 31, 2013 15:21:16 GMT
Your photo links aren't working Millsons
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Aug 31, 2013 18:22:33 GMT
Post by michaelofvancouver on Aug 31, 2013 18:22:33 GMT
Your photo links aren't working Millsons Yeah, Dropbox says there's nothing there!
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