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[dspdrew]

1. Location of collection: Trabuco Canyon, California.
2. Date of collection:  6-28-2015.
3. Habitat of collection:  Chaparral/Oak forest.
4. Length (from head to gaster):  3.5 mm.
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture:  All yellow.
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description:

 

 

 

 

[dspdrew]

I'm pretty sure this is Camponotus, and I think probably C. fragilis, because I have found them in this area before around this time of the year. It could also be C. absquatulator, as I'm pretty sure I found one of those workers once in the same place I was that night. I'm just not sure how to tell the two apart by looking at the males; males are generally pretty useless when it comes to IDing Camponotus.

[Alza]

These look crazy

[LC3]

I'v never seen a Camponotus male.

[kellakk]

Queen ant ID?  This is the same as the one I have, right?

[dspdrew]

Ooops. Not queen. It's a male haha. I do a lot of copy-and-pasting.

[cpman]

Could it be C. festinatus? I know that species is really close to C. fragilis, and when they flew here, the males looked quite similar. That species complex is a pain to ID though. I only knew the ID of the ones around here because as far as I know, we don't have C. fragilis this far east...

Edited by cpman, July 6 2015 - 8:37 AM.