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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2010 10:09:16 GMT 1
I understand this is a UK based website but any information is helpful. Thanks guys This is a worker ant I found foraging out by a creek near my house. Its orange with a gray abdomen. There were lots of them but they didn't follow a common trail like I've seen in other ants. This ant had very fast wolf spider like movements. It was about bigger than Lasius neoniger but smaller than camponotus. I couldn't locate where or how it nests but there was definitely a lot of them. My camera sucks by the way, sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2010 14:44:45 GMT 1
That is a cool looking ant. Sorry that I can't ID it but I don't live in Britain and have noever seen an ant like that in Canada.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2010 17:33:34 GMT 1
I'm going to guess formica sp maybe formica rufra or something i too am based in canada.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2010 21:47:24 GMT 1
Where do formica sp nest? There is no rotten/dead wood in the area. Just lots of leaf litter and tall plantation.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2010 22:27:11 GMT 1
as far i know they tend to buil mounds of soil leaflitter almost any substrate thats found nearby hope this helps
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2010 11:27:27 GMT 1
i'm gonna agree with kool kid here sounds very much like formica rufa to me if you havnt found their nest it may be difficult to tell for sure and this worker could have been foraging far away from it
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2010 17:30:02 GMT 1
Hello. IMHO. It's a Formica aerata. Aka, the grey field ant. check out; www.alexanderwild.com great photo's.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2010 23:02:02 GMT 1
Yeah its definitely either Formica rufa (integroides) or Formica aerata.
Thanks a lot everyone.
Oh yeah does anyone have info on when this species has nuptial flights? Thanks again.
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Post by Myrm on Mar 28, 2010 8:29:34 GMT 1
Hi
I would disagree with the F. rufa identification; it does not look like rufa to me at all. The head seems to be the wrong colour and the legs took to long to my eye for rufa. But it is nice to see the forum members, especially the bin lids, having a go at helping to ID it.
I can't ID it myself at the moment but it does look like a formicine.
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Post by animal123 on Mar 28, 2010 9:14:58 GMT 1
Yes i agree with myrm that it is a formicine,
just a guess could it be Formicoxenus nitidulus
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2010 22:21:31 GMT 1
Ill update this thread with better pictures in the future.
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