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Camponotus Queen ID

Started By NancyZamora4991 , Aug 7 2021 5:50 PM

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#1 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 7 2021 - 5:50 PM

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I got these queens near Lake Tahoe, California. I know they are camponotus ants but i'm looking for something more specific. I was thinking Camponotus vicinus but idk.

The first three pictures are the first queen and the 4th through 8th is queen number 2


#2 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 7 2021 - 5:51 PM

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#3 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted August 7 2021 - 6:04 PM

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Somewhere in the Formica subesrica area

My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#4 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 7 2021 - 6:07 PM

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Somewhere in the Formica subesrica area

No they are clearly Camponotus. They probably are C. vicinus, but I'm not an expert by any means so I would wait for someone else.


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#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 7 2021 - 6:16 PM

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Please follow the ID format.

 

The people above may or may not be correct.


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). 

#6 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted August 7 2021 - 6:20 PM

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Somewhere in the Formica subesrica area

No they are clearly Camponotus. They probably are C. vicinus, but I'm not an expert by any means so I would wait for someone else.
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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#7 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted August 7 2021 - 6:21 PM

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I want zoomed in on the queen not the workers sorry

My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#8 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 7 2021 - 6:48 PM

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Ok I will get a more clear shot at it


#9 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 7 2021 - 7:00 PM

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its hard to get a clear shot with an iPhone

the first 2 pictures are of queen number one and the rest are queen number two

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#10 Offline antgallery - Posted August 7 2021 - 7:18 PM

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I might be wrong but it looks kinda like C. herculeanus to me.


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#11 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 7 2021 - 7:30 PM

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Yeah they do


#12 Offline zA-Z0-9 - Posted August 7 2021 - 7:39 PM

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first ones probably herculeanus


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#13 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 7 2021 - 7:58 PM

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We don't have herculeanus in California. This is most likely Camponotus vicinus.


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). 

#14 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 7 2021 - 9:35 PM

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it could be either camponotus ligniperda or Camponotus vicinus


#15 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 9 2021 - 8:07 AM

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it could be either camponotus ligniperda or Camponotus vicinus

C. ligniperda does not live in CA either. Please check the distribution of the species before suggesting it may be them. Location is a huge part of identifying a species.


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#16 Offline antgallery - Posted August 9 2021 - 8:17 AM

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We don't have herculeanus in California. This is most likely Camponotus vicinus.

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#17 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 9 2021 - 9:57 AM

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the first one is C. anthrax I think, I can't get a good picture because the workers are all over but i did see it with my own eye and it had a reddish orange spot on the bottom of the thorax.


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