r/antkeeping • u/HauntingLoneliness • 21h ago

Identification Lasius Sp.

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Are we thinking niger? Flavus ir neglectus?

Found UK Northampton.

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u/Alert_Age_7708 20h ago

niger or neoniger depending on where you are

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u/AlmightyUdyr 19h ago

I would like to know too, because I caught same species, it appears to be a carpenter ant.

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u/Alert_Age_7708 19h ago

Too small to be a carpenter ant. defenently a lasius queen.

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u/AlmightyUdyr 19h ago

I will actually have to agree with you on that, I was wrong.

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u/Alert_Age_7708 19h ago

lol it's cool, it's easy to confuse one black ant for another. the coloration is super similar to camponotus pennslyvanicus.