These are the queens I caught with Nurbs, Drew, Spazz, Paul, and Ender. I kind of lost track of the species, I barely figured out which ones were the sansas they kept talking about. I know I have C. sansabeanus and the velvet tree ants we saw, I think Liometopum occidentale? Could be wrong but it's the ones with the silver abdomen. So I didn't include pictures of those two. The third queen here looks like sansabeanus with light but the coloration is different and the size. Pics 8-11.
#1
1. Location of collection: Chaney Trail,
2. Date of collection: 03/30/18
3. Habitat of collection: Forest, oak trees, other trees.
4. Length: 13.5mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Pretty much all black with very dark brown legs
6. Distinguishing characteristics: It's smooth and shiny?
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description: N/A
9. Nuptial flight time and date: 1800-2399
10. Pictures:
#2
1. Location of collection: Chaney Trail, CA
2. Date of collection: 03/30/18
3. Habitat of collection: Forest, oak trees, other trees.
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Blackish brown throughout.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Thorax is really small and the queen is pretty flat.
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description: N/A
4. Length: 13mm
9. Nuptial flight time and date: 1800-2399
10. Pictures:
#3
1. Location of collection: Chaney Trail, CA
2. Date of collection: 03/30/18
3. Habitat of collection: Forest, oak trees, other trees.
4. Length: 15mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Looks black until you shine a light on it. With light, the coloration is similar to C. sansabeanus. However the tips of the abdomen remain black with dark brown connecting to the petioles.
6. Distinguishing characteristics:
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description: N/A
9. Nuptial flight time and date: 1800-2399
10. Pictures: 8
Edited by Scrixx, March 31 2018 - 1:29 PM.
