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Semi-claustral Camponotus?

Started By Leo , Oct 21 2021 3:39 AM

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#1 Offline Leo - Posted October 21 2021 - 3:39 AM

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Hi!

So I have caught myself a rather peculiar camponotus queen. This rather elusive species is known as camponotus lianghuang by the chinese ant keeping community (because the ants are usually bright yellow, and "lianghuang" means shiny yellow, though my queen is a red-orange). They are rather small camponotus, with the queen clocking in at about 11mm, with a rather slender body and small gaster. So my question is, do you think this species may be semi-claustral? Judging from what i can see, i somewhat doubt this queen can found a colony with her own on-body resources, i apologise for not being able to find an actual scientific name for this species, if you have any clue, please give it a go.

 


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#2 Offline SYUTEO - Posted October 21 2021 - 6:20 AM

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From my knowledge, there are some Camponotus species that are semi-claustral and most of them tend to be arboreal that weaves leaves together like weaver ants. She could be Camponotus exiguoguttatus though I'm not sure.


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#3 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted October 24 2021 - 1:41 AM

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Ahhhhh Camponotus linghuang. One of my favs. I do suspect they are semi claustral since Camponotus come in all shapes and sizes. I recently found a potentially socially parasitic Camponotus queen. ( prolly not since there are no social parasites in malaysia )


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#4 Offline OiledOlives - Posted November 8 2021 - 6:19 PM

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Hi!

So I have caught myself a rather peculiar camponotus queen. This rather elusive species is known as camponotus lianghuang by the chinese ant keeping community (because the ants are usually bright yellow, and "lianghuang" means shiny yellow, though my queen is a red-orange). They are rather small camponotus, with the queen clocking in at about 11mm, with a rather slender body and small gaster. So my question is, do you think this species may be semi-claustral? Judging from what i can see, i somewhat doubt this queen can found a colony with her own on-body resources, i apologise for not being able to find an actual scientific name for this species, if you have any clue, please give it a go.

 

I doubt it. I'd just feed her until she's full, then leave it alone until workers.


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