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deAbreu: Help Identifying Queen (~15mm) (1. Nov 2011 19:58)

Hi guys,

This weak i found some queens "plaing" aroung on the street... in Evora, Portugal.

I have used 3 keys, and they al give the same result, teramorium Sp. but its not quite similar and the size do not match...

here u have 2 pics, a queen, and a princess with a male.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HkTNv4zsHkQ/TrA_sSoFeOI/AAAAAAAAACE/a0dpFXwub0E/s1600/IMG_0407.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L_WWv8Mt87s/TrA_sKXLG0I/AAAAAAAAAB4/qzaVME7giW8/s1600/IMG_0405.jpg

Hope u can help me with it...

Greetings,
de Abreu

i dont know how to dimention the pics around here, so i only post the link.

DigiSERBIA: Re: Help Identifying Queen (~15mm) (1. Nov 2011 20:08)

That is one mean looking queen :O dont know what species is it but its awsome very lucky of you to find something like that :D

maczek: Re: Help Identifying Queen (~15mm) (1. Nov 2011 21:44)

I think, it's Messor barbarus. ;)

deAbreu: Re: Help Identifying Queen (~15mm) (4. Nov 2011 08:50)

thanks guys.... hope some more could confirmit... to be shure, but u mayth be corect, by the pics a search and by they reaction when i put some grains near them . . .

Eman: Re: Help Identifying Queen (~15mm) (4. Nov 2011 21:07)

Yeah It look's like messor barbarus! I got 6 queens of those Captured around my place ^^

(Nice to see someone else from my country here =))