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Slavemaker ants? - Formica rubicunda
Copyright © 2013 Sharon Perrault

Slavemaker ants? - Formica rubicunda
Hammond, Ontario, Canada
July 20, 2013
Size: about 8 mm
We found this 2' by 2' nest in a field by our house this afternoon. I was hoping someone could help with an ID. Thanks.
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Contributed by Sharon Perrault on 20 July, 2013 - 7:09pm
Last updated 30 July, 2013 - 1:48pm

Moved
Well done, Ben, on both parasite and host spp. ID's!
(There is some possibility that the slave-maker is F.*pergandei, but it donesn't look shiny enough in this image.)
… James C. Trager, 30 July, 2013 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
to everyone for the IDs. Just yesterday, the ants from this nest raided a nest beside our vegetable garden. I was able to follow their trail across the garden and through the grass to their nest which is about 115 feet away. Amazing.
… Sharon Perrault, 9 August, 2013 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 22 July, 2013 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

Formica sanguinea group and F. fusca group
The red ones are a species from the Formica sanguinea species group, while the black host workers are Formica fusca group. The sanguinea group workers raid colonies of other species of Formica and steal pupae to increase the worker population of their own colony. Perhaps F. rubicunda and F. glacialis, but wait for James.
… Ben Coulter, 22 July, 2013 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

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