#ant id

[futurebird]

Sometimes ants are fuzzy.

Behold this lovely little queen.

[adragonsoulants]

Anybody recognize this species of ant?

Just saw her wandering the sidewalk while I was hanging out outside with my cat. I'm about to go weed the garden so I'll try to ID her when I get back in. Given the smallness of her gaster I'm assuming she parasitic. Albeit a key detail is that her gaster is totally smooth with no segments.

[adragonsoulants]

So as usual, I was just hanging out outside enjoying the weather and I happened to walk by the garage door and low and behold. I see an ant queen crawling on it!

Pretty lady, a good size but smaller than a C. Penn queen. Notable feature is the upper part of her gaster has silvery reflective hairs.

I think she may be a Lasius americanus? However she doesn't look like any paracitic lasius ant, the gaster is too large and mandibles look to small.

I did see a second queen shortly after catching this one but I left her alone.

[adragonsoulants]

Saw this on Reddit