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[LC3]

C. novaeboracensis if found throughout North America, it's distribution seems sporadic though and it appears to primarily be a woodland species. It's range might be tied more to it's habitat preferences then geography or climate. I wouldn't be surprised if this was C. novaeboracensis (especially given where it's found) but I don't think it can be confirmed outside of using an ID key.

[nurbs]

C. novaeboracensis if found throughout North America, it's distribution seems sporadic though and it appears to primarily be a woodland species. It's range might be tied more to it's habitat preferences then geography or climate. I wouldn't be surprised if this was C. novaeboracensis (especially given where it's found) but I don't think it can be confirmed outside of using an ID key.

 

Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe and surrounding areas are all woodlands and forests. Size, head proportion, and coloration matches C. novaeboracensis. I'll bet my C. yogi that's what she is.

Edited by nurbs, April 18 2018 - 5:17 PM.

[YsTheAnt]

Dang... I want one now.

[Canadian anter]

My first correct ant ID was a Camponotus novaeborecensis from Portland.

 

So I wouldn't be surprised if they existed in the Bay Area.

 

http://www.formicult...or-usa-solved/ 

[Jadeninja9]

My first correct ant ID was a Camponotus novaeborecensis from Portland.

So I wouldn't be surprised if they existed in the Bay Area.

http://www.formicult...or-usa-solved/

Lake Tahoe*

[sericultivist]

Thank you all for your input, it's been really helpful. For now I'm going to mark this as solved for Camponotus novaeboracensis, and two Formica queens. The Formica are going to be a lot harder to identify, so I will probably wait for the first full workers to pass on and then send them to the Cal Academy (Or maybe just walk over, I live a 5 minute drive from it...) to be formally identified.