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[Antlover24]

I'm still not entirely sure if the ants I found are queens but I'm hoping they are, and I wish I can find out what type they and as of now I'm thinking they are carpenter ants/Camponotus

 

-Collected and found on 4/4/22

-Found in a Large Park full of tree's, plants, and flowers, more specifically found around a tree full of what I suspect are carpenter ants 

-Length is nearly half an inch

-Very Dark Red Head nearly black, orangish red thorax, solid black gaster
-Has a small black section at the back end of the thorax, with another smaller spot of darker orange black at the front end of the thorax

-Found this (what I assume is a queen) around a tree and on a tree with other ants running along it, living tree 
-Didn't witness a nuptial flight or any queens/ants with wings

-Noticed ants especially killing ants exactly like the ones I found, if that's of use

 

Sorry for the poor quality photos

 

 

 

Edited by Antlover24, April 5 2022 - 4:38 PM.

[Manitobant]

Its definitely a camponotus species of some kind. I don’t know much about the californian ones, so hopefully someone else can pitch in.

[PetsNotPests]

Camponotus hyatti. 

[NancyZamora4991]

That's Camponotus Hyatti queen.

[ZTYguy]

Camponotus hyatti

[Antlover24]

Thanks for help with the identification!

Edited by Antlover24, April 5 2022 - 7:21 PM.

[AntsCali123]

That’s so awesome I live in Sacramento also. What area did you find her if you don’t mind?


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[Antlover24]

I found them while walking through :California State capital park", specifically on the edge of the Rose garden on a tree and around it.

[AntsCali123]

I found them while walking through :California State capital park", specifically on the edge of the Rose garden on a tree and around it.

Awesome! I think I’m gunna go look in that area this Saturday lol thanks so much I’ll let you know if I find any


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[ReignofRage]

I don't mean to resurrect an older post, but without a frontal face picture you can't distinguish whether this is C. hyatti or C. essigi.

[Antlover24]

The queen doesn't have yellow on its gaster like C. essigi, and I don't know how I would take a good quality pic with the queen facing the camera close up

[ReignofRage]

C. essigi has two known variants, one of which has queens that look exactly like the one in the pictures. In addition, C. hyatti has a few variants, one of which looks exactly like the one in the pictures. This is indeed why I said you cannot distinguish them without a frontal face picture. And if you do question the validity of C. essigi having two variants, here's the "red" Northern California variant C. essigi gyne specimen. https://www.antweb.o...e=United States

Edited by ReignofRage, May 4 2022 - 6:03 PM.