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[CamponotusLover]

So basicaly I got into a chat with this one guy on twitter and he/she needs help identifying there ant. I tried to help them but they said they didn't match. Here is the picture. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: He/she says it also has a little dark redish spot on its thorax.

[Batspiderfish]

http://www.formicult...t-a-new-thread/

[CamponotusLover]

Well if I may point out again. This is someone ELSE giving me this info, they don't have much other info then that.

[Salmon]

Some sort of camponotus.

[CamponotusLover]

Hm. O and one more thing. He lives in NEw Jersey in the USA.

[T.C.]

Camponoutous Pennsylvacius

[CamponotusLover]

Camponoutous Pennsylvacius

Pennsylvanicus are black. The one in the picture here is mainly black, with some brownish, and a tiny dark reddish dot on its back.

[T.C.]

Oh, yeah camponoutous pennsylvanicus. are all black, in the pic these seem all black as well. Sorry!

[Canadian anter]

Camponotus subbarbatus one of my dream species

[Batspiderfish]

Camponotus nerarcticus and C. caryae are also possibilities. That would be some subtle coloration for C. subbarbatus, although I wouldn't discount them yet.

[TennesseeAnts]

Camponotus subbarbatus. One of my favorite Myrmentoma Camponotus.

[FeedTheAnts]

I agree with Camponotus subbarbatus. I've seen so many different shades of color in this species. What he has might just be a very dark color variation.

[TennesseeAnts]

Yeah. I have a very yellow queen with very yellow workers, a normal queen with normal workers and a dark queen like this one with dark workers. The dark queen has barely any yellow stripes, the light queen has two tiny bands of black with some light red on the thorax, with a dark red head. It's the same with the workers.