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[sianhilton]

Hi Jimmy

Not doubting this, but conflicting info on colony size for Lasius Niger on the following address

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Will complete identification details (Sian is the name of my daughter)

Regards

[JimmyVe]

Yes i know, i never count them myself but i can believe they grow up to 40.000 ore it just looks like that.




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[sianhilton]

Already completed my profile should have received by now?

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[JimmyVe]

off topic; i have seen it. I just use it to let all people know when they read these messages.
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[sianhilton]

""EUREKA""

I believe I have finally identified the spec of this species now:

"Solenopsis fugax"

Been bugging me for years!!

Hey ho

[tail__]

But they are yellow, not "redish brown". And they are less than 3 mm long, the majors are at most 2,5, minor workers even below 2 mm. And most important, they are strictly underground ants, workers go outside only during mating flight to escort flyers.

[sianhilton]

Hi Tail

Things that need to be considered here:-

It was a long time ago. I did not stay to watch them in any detail. I wish I had paid closer attention. I am also colour blind. But I do remember these were very small ants (light coloured) moving in a stream from one opening to another about a foot apart. This took place on a clif top somewhere near dorset. The fact that they are a purely underground dwelling species makes my identification potentially null and void.

Oh well cheers Tail. Back to uncertainty again.

Oh to be able to turn back the clock.

[Zagone]

It could very well be these ants as you thought, even Lasius Flavus may travel above ground ocasionally, but unless it's a very temporary path they'll quickly cover their "highway" over with sand or so to make it into a tunnel. So since this path you saw was only about a foot in length this could very well be a sub-surface dwelling species.

[sianhilton]

Thanks Zagone, but I have been collecting ants for 30 plus years and these were deffinitely not Lasius Flavus. Lasius Flavus are another subteranean species and only come to the surface during mating flights. I have observed the occassional worker above ground.

[Zagone]

I didn't mean to say it was, I was just making an example that even ants that primarily live under the surface, might show up above ground aswell.