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Started By paul12000 , Jul 4 2020 8:56 PM
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#1 Offline paul12000 - Posted July 4 2020 - 8:56 PM

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Got home from fireworks tonight and came inside. On the way in, my daughter points out this magnificent specimen crawling into the doorway towards the roof.

Location: inside house in Tavares, FL
Length: 1.75 cm
Description: large abdomen, black in color, head light to dark brown.
Been raining heavy the past 2 days in the area, in the neighborhood. Still has wings.

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#2 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted July 4 2020 - 9:12 PM

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Looks like Camponotus


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#3 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted July 4 2020 - 10:35 PM

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My guess is one of the brightly colored camponotini group Camponotus, such as floridanus, discolor or decepiens. However that is huge for a camponotini species queen...

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#4 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 5 2020 - 2:36 AM

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My guess is one of the brightly colored camponotini group Camponotus, such as floridanus, discolor or decepiens. However that is huge for a camponotini species queen...

Agreed.


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#5 Offline paul12000 - Posted July 5 2020 - 4:58 AM

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Interesting. It was the only one that was in the area. I looked around the door and immediate area and saw no other ants to compare with at all was the interesting part. I have no clue when she took flight or what made her decide to come into the house other than an open door.

I was at a nearby lake for fireworks and saw what looked like plenty of smaller species flying around. I caught a few of those and will post pics of them later.

#6 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 5 2020 - 7:15 AM

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Yeah, no North American Camponotus is above 1 cm.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#7 Offline Aaron567 - Posted July 5 2020 - 8:38 AM

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"Camponotini" is a tribe that includes Camponotus, Polyrhachis, Colobopsis, Calomyrmex, among others. Therefore all Camponotus species are in Camponotini.

 

This is a Camponotus floridanus queen. They range from about 15 to 18 millimeters.


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#8 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 5 2020 - 8:41 AM

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Yeah, no North American Camponotus is above 1 cm.

1cm is 10mm. There are many many Camponotus above 10mm. The common C. pennsylvanicus is. You must be thinking of inches.


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). 

#9 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 5 2020 - 8:44 AM

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Yeah, no North American Camponotus is above 1 cm.


1cm is 10mm. There are many many Camponotus above 10mm. The common C. pennsylvanicus is. You must be thinking of inches.
Oh, yeah, sorry. Not sure how I could’ve missed that?

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#10 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 5 2020 - 8:58 AM

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Beautiful queen, definitely a Campontous sp. Best of luck keeping the colony!
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen
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