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Colorado ID Request

Started By Dethundrel , Jun 6 2019 9:52 PM

Best Answer TennesseeAnts , June 8 2019 - 5:59 AM

Yep. 100% Camponotus pennslyvanicus. Go to the full post


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#1 Offline Dethundrel - Posted June 6 2019 - 9:52 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: Grand Junction, Colorado
2. Date of collection: 5-6-19
3. Habitat of collection: Wooded area next to the river, 9:30 PM and was 75 degrees
4. Length (from head to gaster): 16mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: mostly black, workers seem to have a yellowish band on the gaster and yellow hairs on gaster.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: mostly all black with a little shine of yellow on gaster
7. Distinguishing behavior: very calm, we’re not really running around and after being caught, are just chilling and holding very still for pictures
8. Nest description: inside cottonwood trees
9. Nuptial flight time and date: no flight was ever seen

Queen from the top in blueish light


Queen in “warm white” light


From the side


Closer up from the side


From the other side

#2 Offline Martialis - Posted June 7 2019 - 4:31 AM

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Check out Camponotus levigatus


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#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 7 2019 - 5:25 PM

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I would guess Camponotus modoc, it does not look to be shiny enough to be C. laevigatus.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 7 2019 - 7:24 PM

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If it has yellow hairs, it's definitely not C. laevigatus. I think it's probably C. modoc.


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#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 7 2019 - 8:18 PM

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Camponotus pennslyvanicus.

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#6 Offline Dethundrel - Posted June 7 2019 - 10:07 PM

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Camponotus pennslyvanicus.


That’s what I had been thinking all along but wanted to be 100% sure. The previous mentions above just don’t quite fit right. Here are a few more pics that might be a little clearer than the previous.








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#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 8 2019 - 5:59 AM   Best Answer

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Yep. 100% Camponotus pennslyvanicus.
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#8 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 8 2019 - 6:42 AM

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No. C. pennsylvanicus does not live in Colorado.  Well, according to antweb anyway.


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

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#10 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 8 2019 - 4:34 PM

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No. C. pennsylvanicus does not live in Colorado.  Well, according to antweb anyway.


Antweb is often incomplete. Use antmaps.
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#11 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 8 2019 - 6:14 PM

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And according to antmaps they are? Well, I guess it would make sense, Colorado is in the rockies.

Edited by NickAnter, June 8 2019 - 6:19 PM.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#12 Offline gcsnelling - Posted June 8 2019 - 8:36 PM

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As I have said before ant maps also has its gaps and omissions, far better to actually learn how to identify these things rather than just throw out WAGs.


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#13 Offline rbarreto - Posted June 8 2019 - 9:04 PM

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I believe we need clear pictures of pubescence to differentiate these black camponotus species.
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