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Not sure what this is. Is it a queen though?

Started By Here for the honeypots , May 8 2016 10:17 AM

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#1 Offline Here for the honeypots - Posted May 8 2016 - 10:17 AM

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This thing is huge. I don't even know if it is a queen but I found it near the garden and it rained last night. Help? (banana for scale)

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#2 Offline Alza - Posted May 8 2016 - 10:37 AM

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Yes.


A camponotus SP. Queen.


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#3 Offline Here for the honeypots - Posted May 8 2016 - 11:37 AM

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Sweet thanks! Is it Claustral or no?

#4 Offline AntsTexas - Posted May 8 2016 - 12:11 PM

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i hav a camponotus sayi, want to know if she is fully/semi?


Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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#5 Offline Here for the honeypots - Posted May 8 2016 - 12:53 PM

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Sure yeah, I'm sure they're similar

#6 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 8 2016 - 1:46 PM

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Do you know the length?


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#7 Offline Kwitzats - Posted May 8 2016 - 2:03 PM

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I think most camponotus are fully claustral, with the exception of some of the arboreal sp.
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IMHO of course.

#8 Offline AntsTexas - Posted May 8 2016 - 3:18 PM

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thanks


Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cdockray1

 

Facebook page:  AntsTexas

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