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Phoenix, AZ (9/6/2020)

Started By Coobbyo , Sep 6 2020 8:00 AM

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#1 Offline Coobbyo - Posted September 6 2020 - 8:00 AM

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1. Found in northern Phoenix, AZ in the middle of our living room (Gave my wife quite the scare)

2. Found Sept 6, 2020
3. So, where we live is definitely arid desert (welcome to phoenix) but as mentioned we found it crawling on the ottoman
4. Length: ~1cm +/- 1mm So, I know that precision to the millimetre is preferred, but as shown in one of my photos (sorry for the quality she was moving quite a bit) she seems to be about a whole cm.
5. I can best describe her color as being yellow/gold. Most of her body seems to be yellow-ish, but her gaster has darker stripes.

6. Behaviorally the most I can tell is she seems to be rather quick moving and very fast. It was difficult to put her in a snap cap before transferring her to a test tube.

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#2 Offline Froggy - Posted September 6 2020 - 8:23 AM

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looks like Camponotus, probably C. fragilis, I don't know if its just me but she looks a bit skinny, might want to give her a drop of sugar/honey water

#3 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted September 6 2020 - 8:34 AM

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Camponotus (festinatus-group) sp.

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#4 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 6 2020 - 8:38 AM

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Camponotus, not sure about fragilis.

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#5 Offline Antkid12 - Posted September 6 2020 - 1:27 PM

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Camponotus (festinatus-group) sp.

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