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[Zeiss]

1. Location of collection: Aliso Woods, CA
2. Date of collection: 6/3/14
3. Habitat of collection: Coastal Hills
4. Length (from head to gaster): 13 mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Black on the head/gaster with a reddish-brown on the thorax and legs. It has a bit of hair on its gaster.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: It gave off a bit of an odor. (I don't know how to describe it)
7. Anything else distinctive: 
8. Nest description: 

 

This is the habitat I found it in.
 
 

Edited by Zeiss, June 3 2014 - 11:48 PM.

[Zeiss]

The best photos I have of it at the moment.

[Mercutia]

Looks like a Camponotus major worker to me. Not sure of species.

[dspdrew]

Yeah, definitely Camponotus major. I would guess C. vicinus. That's pretty cool. All the times I looked around that place, I never found any Camponotus.