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Julian CA (San Diego)Queen ID

Started By Notorious , Aug 29 2020 6:33 AM

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#1 Offline Notorious - Posted August 29 2020 - 6:33 AM

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The family and I are camping and found a few queens. It's in a fairly wooded spot in julian.

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#2 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 29 2020 - 7:11 AM

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Camponotus semitstaceus or possibly Camponotus sansabeanus.

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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

#3 Offline Notorious - Posted August 29 2020 - 8:28 AM

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Also found what looks like a major ant from the same species, within a few feet from where I found the queens. Hope it helps with the ID. I also found a large but smaller than the major ant with similar coloring, but didn't have my phone to capture a picture