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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Lasiini » Citronella Ants (Lasius) » Subgenus Acanthomyops (Lasius Subgenus Acanthomyops) » Lasius latipes
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Lasius latipes - female
Copyright © 2010 metrioptera

Lasius latipes - Female
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
August 27, 2010
Size: 1.2 cm
There was a swarming of ants, and I found many of these two ants. The reddish one with expanded limbs is Lasius latipes. The brown one, Lasius neoniger, is here:

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Contributed by metrioptera on 27 August, 2010 - 5:08pm
Last updated 29 December, 2011 - 7:37pm

The brown one is...
The brown one is a winged female of Lasius neoniger, a more 'normal' looking member of the genus, and in fact, a host species for the well-armored, parasitic L. latipes. The latter is built to withstand attack by workers of the host as she invades their nest.
… James C. Trager, 22 September, 2010 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I noticed the armor on the legs and body
It reminded me of the leaf footed bugs.
… metrioptera, 27 September, 2010 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Thank you!
… metrioptera, 28 August, 2010 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID
"Shoulders" make me wonder about Lasius interjectus (for the orange one anyway)
… John R. Maxwell, 27 August, 2010 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
The modified legs and short t
The modified legs and short tarsal segments remind me of Lasius latipes on the orange ant.
… Dennis Haines, 27 August, 2010 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks good
I had thought there was only one with the two-tone coloring.

But there are obviously others
… John R. Maxwell, 27 August, 2010 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

i cant tell what species
but the red one is a queen and the brown one a male, probably of the same species. the swarms you have seen were mating flights.
… Scotty Anderson, 27 August, 2010 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Another note
There were also many very small black ants with wings trying to mate with both ants pictured. They must have been males, but does that mean that both of these ants were females?
… metrioptera, 27 August, 2010 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

 
sorry
they are in fact both queens of different species
… Scotty Anderson, 27 August, 2010 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

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