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Chestnut Carpenter Ant King?

Started By Nervous_Twitch , May 7 2022 9:26 PM

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#1 Offline Nervous_Twitch - Posted May 7 2022 - 9:26 PM

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Slidell, Louisiana
5/8/2022
Swamp/Bottom land Hardwood Forest
A couple of mm
Orange/ light chestnut
Cusp of end of gaster, long antennae, wings
Sitting near porch light

So I don't know if this helps at all but Below are some pictures. I believe it's a Carpenter Ant King (Drone) however I'm unsure would like a positive ID tried to get a picture from every angle. Also sorry if pictures don't come out properly.

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#2 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted May 7 2022 - 9:31 PM

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It is a drone, and a beautiful one too. I am not good with ant ID’s not in my area though.

Edited by SolenopsisKeeper-, May 7 2022 - 9:32 PM.

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 7 2022 - 9:34 PM

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This is indeed a male Camponotus castaneus.

Aaron567, CheetoLord02 and ZTYguy like this

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).

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