Nupital flights

[Deathla]

when do lasius niger have nupital flights in the US because i found a queen wandering today.then i found a male with wings.

 

[Deathla]

also do lasius niger queen have two nodes?

 

[Mat]

The answer to your first question is almost certainly yes.

What do you mean by 2 nodes?

Matt

 

[myrmecophile]

Single node petiole.

 

[Deathla]

The answer to your first question is almost certainly yes.

What do you mean by 2 nodes?

Matt

i meant the bump or spike between the thorax and abdomen

 

[Deathla]

although another explanation would be a tetramorium caespitum queen as a colony is live near the lasius niger