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Camponotus founding question

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#21 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 27 2017 - 12:03 PM

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That's either C. chromaiodes or another partial red thorax species. C. nearcticus either has a full red thorax or full black thorax. The queens have an elongated abdomen, and they are TINY. Trust me, I've encountered both variants.

C.nearcticus also has shorter legs.

ah. I currently have a small red-and-black C. nearcticus colony, so I tend to think all small red-and-black camponotus are C. nearcticus. Also, I thought C. chromaiodes was a lot larger than that.

 

They look kind of large in the picture.

Also, note how the queen has a partially black/red thorax. C. nearcticus has a completely red thorax.


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