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Ant - Myrmica
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Ant - Myrmica
Wolcott, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA
May 3, 2006
Size: 7.5mm
Queen Tetramorium?

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Contributed by tom murray on 4 May, 2006 - 11:39pm
Last updated 5 May, 2006 - 7:23pm

Myrmica sp. - dealated female
It is usual to find such foundresses in the field in spring, because each of them overwinter alone and therafter looks for a nesting place to start a colony of her own - a bit like Yellowjackets and Bumblebees.
Most likely the same species as the worker and, I'm insisting, very like to M. rubra if not M. rubra itself.
… Richard Vernier, 5 May, 2006 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

 
There were 2 or 3
of these dealated females walking around with the workers under a rock. I didn't want to test if it was M. rubra by seeing if it stung:-)
… tom murray, 5 May, 2006 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I should have read...
The comment you joined with the other picture, before writing nonsense. Of course, these females were no more "foundresses", but established queens of the colony you found. While some Myrmica species are monogynous (i.e., with a single laying queen), others, including M. rubra, are polygynous (i.e., with several of them). Several, but always a few compared with odorous ants!
… Richard Vernier, 6 May, 2006 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

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