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Not C. subbarbatus

Started By CampoKing , Sep 15 2018 7:22 PM

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#1 Offline CampoKing - Posted September 15 2018 - 7:22 PM

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I know I need to include photos but I have the worst phone camera. Earlier this year, I captured two queens in Eastern Kansas and Central Iowa that were misidentified as C. subbarbatus. They do not have striped abdomens, but they are a similar size.

They have a red/brown coloration similar to C. floridanus while having a size closer to C. nearcticus. There are only about 60 Camponotus species in the US, so what are the logical options given those rough descriptions?

Update: It could be C. nearcticus. Some research shows that this species can appear as both solid black or bicolored? Otherwise what I have fits the nearcticus traits.

My only best photo:

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Edited by CampoKing, September 15 2018 - 7:34 PM.

#2 Offline TheRealAntMan - Posted September 15 2018 - 7:30 PM

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Bad pics are better than no pics.


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#3 Offline CampoKing - Posted September 15 2018 - 7:35 PM

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Bad pics are better than no pics.


Went ahead & updated the original post with an image of the claustral Queen

#4 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted September 27 2018 - 7:53 PM

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We need more pics, a top profile would be nice. Also more focused if possible.

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#5 Offline CampoKing - Posted September 27 2018 - 8:14 PM

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I did some in-person observations & discussion with a fellow ants keeper and we agreed it's very likely the bicolored C. nearcticus

#6 Offline neoponera - Posted October 27 2018 - 1:27 PM

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definitely a camponotus or colobopsis species queen


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