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Edited by soulsynapse, March 11 2017 - 2:36 PM.

[Nexus]

A black Camponotus sp... I'll let expert on the ants of California go further.

[dspdrew]

What leads you to believe this is different than the C. quercicolas?

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What leads you to believe this is different than the C. quercicolas?

 

Nurbs said it was a different species at the time-- not quercicolas (laevigatus? I can't remember which he said)

 

It's also a good 3mm shorter

Edited by soulsynapse, March 11 2017 - 2:16 AM.

[nurbs]

It had some red in it. Looked like C. vicinus. Can you take an undershot of the belly?

 

EDIT: Also high pilosoty in head. C. quercicola are nearly bald except for a few strands on the top.

Edited by nurbs, March 11 2017 - 2:27 AM.

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[nurbs]

Yeah need a better lit shot, but I am sure this is not C. quercicola.

 

It's actually a great find because it's not anything else like what we found that night.

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Yea it was a blast! I'll take a lot more pictures of her in better lighting tomorrow.

[nurbs]

Sounds good. Enjoy your ants

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More pictures! I see golden hairs but I don't know if it's because of the quality of the light or not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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That red that nurbs pointed out is there, just hard to get on camera

[nurbs]

This looks like C. vicinus! They also have golden hairs. I usually collect a ton of these every year high up in the mountains of Azusa. Interesting that they are also found in the lower elevations, just less common.

 

Here is one I sold last year. Her gastor is plump with food and eggs, but when it is not that swollen she appears darker like yours.

 

Edited by nurbs, March 11 2017 - 4:12 PM.

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Close up video: 

 

Hopefully she's fertile so we can put this to rest later on