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[Studio]

1. Dallas Texas 9:45PM crawling across my desk. It's 39 degrees and stormy outside (it's been like this for the past few weeks) and she snuck into my toasty 70 degree apartment. This is the first ant activity I've seen for the past few months. 

2. 2/22/2018
3. Indoors, crawling across my desk
4. 5mm
5. Blood-orange head and thorax, black abdomen.
6. See photos below for characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mettcollsuss]

Definitely some sort of Camponotus. I don't know much about ants in that area, so I can't narrow it down much further.

[VoidElecent]

Camponotus cf. decipiens?

Edited by VoidElecent, February 23 2018 - 2:07 PM.

[TennesseeAnts]

Maybe Camponotus discolor.

[kellakk]

Camponotus (Myrmentoma) sp.

 

Could be C. decipiens, C. discolor, etc.

[gcsnelling]

Grab this paper and see what you can come up with, the images may be good enough so you can run thru the key.

 

Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF