Anonymous: (11. Jun 2007 18:11)

Sorry, I means, than she get her wing off... herself without my help... Sorry

Anonymous: (11. Jun 2007 18:13)

Sorry, I means, than she get her wing off... herself without my help... Sorry

Biolog

acerola: (11. Jun 2007 18:48)

Good Biolog. This queen is very typical with its flat back. If yours had the same then it is the same species.
In one hand it is an ideal ant for keeping because living on trees, it is less sensitive to vibration than most of other ants. On the other hand it it has very big colonies. It is maybe bigger than I want to keep.

phers: (11. Jun 2007 23:09)

very nice pics. what setup you using? what type of macro lense?

acerola: (11. Jun 2007 23:12)

Canon EOs 20D + 100mm macro lens + 55mm lens reversed

Anonymous: (12. Jun 2007 13:29)

It´s looking like Lasius sp. queen, a little bit. I found about two-three eqgs. Queen was cleaning them...like on your very nice picture...

acerola: (12. Jun 2007 14:30)

Has it flat back like in my first picture or not?

Anonymous: (12. Jun 2007 14:45)

Yes, it has. I was looking after at the minute. And it´s energic queen, too.

acerola: (12. Jun 2007 15:01)

You can read other identification points, like how many teeth on the mandible and the shape of the end of the adobmen. But you need a lens to compare them.
I will post pictures from the first workers. They are very characteristics.

Anonymous: (12. Jun 2007 15:09)

I will to look after the identification points, ok. Now I member, than I found a colony of these ants in one park. There are pinesse trees, too.

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