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[Ecan]

Ants can only be shipped within California unless you have a valid permit
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Ants for sale:

Camponotus semitestaceus queen: (queens were caught in late 2022) $10 per queen, available very soon.

Solenopsis xyloni, small colonies: available soon.

Formicariums and outworlds:

Small outworld 2x2in:
available soon.

Edited by Ecan, October 22 2022 - 10:00 PM.

[ZTYguy]

Do you have any pics?

Edited by ZTYguy, November 10 2020 - 1:37 PM.

[B_rad0806]

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Edited by B_rad0806, November 10 2020 - 2:07 PM.

[Ecan]

The lighting isn't great in the pictures

I have 89 queens

Edited by Ecan, December 4 2020 - 1:32 PM.

[Ecan]

how can you tell the difference?

[B_rad0806]

yup that is definitely semitestaceus 

[Ecan]

how can you tell the difference?

ocreatus have black legs. Ocreatus are also very rare.

Alright thanks I will edit it

[Somethinghmm]

You can't confidently ID California Camponotus by color. C. semitestaceus merely a guess and as far as I know, they don't fly now.

Edited by Somethinghmm, November 10 2020 - 2:50 PM.

[jeffpbalderston]

I have C ocreatus can you send me better pics? Yes C ocreatus will have darker legs than semi and the queen is also larger for C ocreatus. If you can get a good shot of the pitole it will be shaped like a heart. I would say about 18mm for this queen.

Edited by jeffpbalderston, November 12 2020 - 12:12 PM.

[jeffpbalderston]

Camponotus ocreatus

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[jeffpbalderston]

Camponotus ocreatus pitole

Camponotus ocreatus pitole

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Edited by jeffpbalderston, November 11 2020 - 10:58 PM.

[Ecan]

I have C ocreatus can you send me better pics? Yes C ocreatus will have darker legs than semi and the queen is also larger for C ocreatus. If you can get a good shot of the pitole it will be shaped like a heart.

I will see if I can get better pictures later, and how long are ocreatus queens?

Also would pictures of workers and majors be useful?

Edited by Ecan, November 12 2020 - 9:05 AM.

[B_rad0806]

Oh also I'm pretty sure these do not hibernate since they look like the desert semitestaceus

[jeffpbalderston]

To be 100% sure you need a clear close up of scape and pitole I'm not leaning towards ocreatus but more puzzled by a late flight of semitestaceus. C ocreatus are supposed to fly about now after rain and getting 89 tells the odds are much higher that they are semitestaceus also. Just want to be certain but like I said I'm agreeing more so with semitestaceus as well.

[Swirlysnowflake]

How long ago did you catch these queens?

Edited by Swirlysnowflake, November 16 2020 - 10:30 PM.

[Ecan]

How long again did you catch these queens?

Late September through all of October and I'm still finding some

Edited by Ecan, November 17 2020 - 5:34 PM.