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[sericultivist]

I am posting this for someone else.

 

He found this ant wandering around next to a bee hive in September of 2017, and he only took this one picture. I thought I was familiar with all the Camponotus species in Oregon, but the stripe down the gaster has me completely baffled. He says the gaster was a metallic golden colour, like you'd see on C. pennsylvanicus, but the stripe down the middle wasn't. Any help would be appreciated because it is driving me absolutely crazy. 

 

https://imgur.com/a/tMBpu

 

It was found near Eugene, Oregon. He didn't keep the ant, so the picture is all I have to go off of. I would generally include a lot more information on one of these kinds of posts, but he caught it last year so the memories are a little fuzzy. 

 

Edit: It was away from urban or majorly disturbed areas, near a small country road going through a 600 acre private property. 

Edited by sericultivist, February 24 2018 - 11:33 PM.

[AntsMaryland]

Was your friend also in California at the time? General, location, of your friend, please. 

[sericultivist]

Was your friend also in California at the time? General, location, of your friend, please. 

 

Right now all I have to go off of is coastal Oregon, I'll try to get an exact location tomorrow when he wakes up. He was in Oregon when he found it. 

 

Edit: He found it around Eugene, Oregon.

Edited by sericultivist, February 24 2018 - 11:26 PM.

[Jonathan21700]

C. semitestaceus?