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#1 Offline ugo - Posted April 27 2021 - 8:53 PM

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hi i got her today she is
about 10mm
in Missouri
anyone know what camponotus she is?
also i don't know if that's her belly color or if she's just full of food lol.

 

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#2 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 27 2021 - 9:27 PM

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Can’t Id it but I can say that I see bands so I think that is the true color.


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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 28 2021 - 3:20 AM

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Camponotus subbarbatus. Nice find.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#4 Offline ugo - Posted April 28 2021 - 3:29 AM

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Thank you, I Googled it and subbarbatus seems right.

#5 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted April 28 2021 - 4:40 AM

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I agree. C. subbarbatus.






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