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[miwu]

Camponotus? TIA!

 

1. Location of collection: Icehouse Canyon Trail, Mt Baldy, California

2. Date of collection: 5/21/2017

3. Habitat of collection: Forest. Queen found in parking lot.

4. Length (from head to gaster): 10~11mm

5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Dark head, rest of the body is patterned

6. Distinguishing characteristics: N/A

7. Distinguishing behavior: N/A

8. Nest description: N/A

 

 

Edited by miwu, May 30 2017 - 11:58 AM.

[Martialis]

This is an incredibly beautiful Camponotus.Nice catch!

[miwu]

This is an incredibly beautiful Camponotus.Nice catch!

 

Thank you! Though I wish I was more experienced/knowledgeable so that I don't have to post an ID request every time I find something that looks like a queen lol

[nurbs]

C. essigi

 

Nice find! 

Edited by dspdrew, May 25 2017 - 3:08 AM.
Fixed species name

[nurbs]

If you want more of these, you can find them at night crawling on trees. Just like C. clarithorax.

[miwu]

C. essegi

 

Nice find! 

 

 

If you want more of these, you can find them at night crawling on trees. Just like C. clarithorax.

 

Thank you!

 

Yeah, I don't think I looked on the trees at all. I looked all over the floor though until my girlfriend was sure a bear was gonna pop out of nowhere and eat us and this was the only queen we found. I was kind of expecting to find other queens but looks like they didn't fly last weekend.

[dspdrew]

I'd say that's C. essigi too.

 

Looks like all the large Camponotus are done flying up there now. There might still be some later flights in higher elevations.