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2 Queen Ant ID plus workers Calgary AB

id queen identification colony

Best Answer LC3 , April 2 2019 - 7:13 PM

Camponotus modoc and second looks like C. herculeanus. Might be a hybrid between the two, since if my memory serves me correctly, Crystals once stated that the C. modoc up north tend to hybridize a bit with C. herculeanus.

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#1 Offline DrygonKing - Posted April 2 2019 - 6:03 PM

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Know they are Camponotus sp.
1. Fish creek park.
2. April second.
3. Forested area. Mostly poplar with pines up the ridge
4. 14mm
5. Black, shiny, smooth, 4 hair bands on the abdomen slight purple colour almost in the thorax and in bands on the abdomen
7. Sluggish but got really fast once they warmed up. Scattered everywhere.
8. Under the bark of a rotting poplar tree. Was only one chambers. Only just under the bark.

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1. Exact same as above
2. Same as above
3. Exact same as above
4. Length. Can’t get it. She is all curled up
5. Same as above
6. Asleep.
7. Same as above
8. Same as above

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Where found not even two feet of each other. Mistook the large ant in the asleep queens chamber as the queen. Then freaked out when I found the real queen as she was HUGE!

Edit: as they have workers and larva etc would I add an out world?

Edited by DrygonKing, April 2 2019 - 6:16 PM.

Current Queens:
Formica argentea (1)
Camponotus modoc (1)
Camponotus herculeanus (1)

Queens I Have Found:
Lasius alienus
Lasius subumbratus
Formica podzolica
Formica argentea
Formica (parasitic)
Camponotus sp.
Myrmica sp.


Queens currently looking for:
Myrmica spp.


Queens once more experienced:
Carebara diversa
Myrmecocystus
Odontomachus Sp.

#2 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 2 2019 - 6:38 PM

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Could we get a clearer pic of the queen's thorax?
Looks like C. herculeanus.

#3 Offline AntsBC - Posted April 2 2019 - 6:41 PM

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The first colony looks like Camponotus modoc. We're going to need clearer photos to confirm.

 

The second colony looks more like Camponotus herculeanus. By the way, I'm pretty sure that queen is dead...


Edited by AntsBC, July 16 2020 - 7:22 PM.

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#4 Offline DrygonKing - Posted April 2 2019 - 6:44 PM

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Ok sure here you go.

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Really you sure she is dead? Aww if so that such a shame.
Current Queens:
Formica argentea (1)
Camponotus modoc (1)
Camponotus herculeanus (1)

Queens I Have Found:
Lasius alienus
Lasius subumbratus
Formica podzolica
Formica argentea
Formica (parasitic)
Camponotus sp.
Myrmica sp.


Queens currently looking for:
Myrmica spp.


Queens once more experienced:
Carebara diversa
Myrmecocystus
Odontomachus Sp.

#5 Offline DrygonKing - Posted April 2 2019 - 7:09 PM

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:*(

Edited by DrygonKing, April 2 2019 - 7:31 PM.

Current Queens:
Formica argentea (1)
Camponotus modoc (1)
Camponotus herculeanus (1)

Queens I Have Found:
Lasius alienus
Lasius subumbratus
Formica podzolica
Formica argentea
Formica (parasitic)
Camponotus sp.
Myrmica sp.


Queens currently looking for:
Myrmica spp.


Queens once more experienced:
Carebara diversa
Myrmecocystus
Odontomachus Sp.

#6 Offline LC3 - Posted April 2 2019 - 7:13 PM   Best Answer

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Camponotus modoc and second looks like C. herculeanus. Might be a hybrid between the two, since if my memory serves me correctly, Crystals once stated that the C. modoc up north tend to hybridize a bit with C. herculeanus.


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#7 Offline DrygonKing - Posted April 2 2019 - 7:22 PM

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Think the second one is dead though?
Current Queens:
Formica argentea (1)
Camponotus modoc (1)
Camponotus herculeanus (1)

Queens I Have Found:
Lasius alienus
Lasius subumbratus
Formica podzolica
Formica argentea
Formica (parasitic)
Camponotus sp.
Myrmica sp.


Queens currently looking for:
Myrmica spp.


Queens once more experienced:
Carebara diversa
Myrmecocystus
Odontomachus Sp.

#8 Offline dermy - Posted April 2 2019 - 11:47 PM

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Think the second one is dead though?

Give it a few days, if they were just in deep hibernation she may need a few days to wake out of it.



#9 Offline DrygonKing - Posted April 3 2019 - 5:23 AM

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Thanks for the help guys.

Edit: is there any care sheets for these two species?

Edited by DrygonKing, April 3 2019 - 5:33 AM.

Current Queens:
Formica argentea (1)
Camponotus modoc (1)
Camponotus herculeanus (1)

Queens I Have Found:
Lasius alienus
Lasius subumbratus
Formica podzolica
Formica argentea
Formica (parasitic)
Camponotus sp.
Myrmica sp.


Queens currently looking for:
Myrmica spp.


Queens once more experienced:
Carebara diversa
Myrmecocystus
Odontomachus Sp.





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