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Camponotus chromaiodes Journal 1 (Large Images)

camponotus chromaiodes

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#1 Offline Kansant86 - Posted June 11 2014 - 10:23 PM

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Date collected: 04/22/2012
 
Colony Size: 1 queen; 8-10 brood
 
Location: Shawnee County, Kansas; wooded area near Perry Lake; underneath the bark of an old fell tree
 
Collection Method: coached into collection container
 
Conditions: 3:00 pm cst; warm, sunny
 
Family:    Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe:     Camponotini
Genus:     Camponotus
Species:   chromaiodes 
 
05/07/2014
 
     I found this queen in the same tree as the C. pennsylvanicus queen i found on the same day.  She was about a foot from the location of the other queen and right next to a small termite colony.  She is fairly good sized and also laying eggs at a good rate!  I'm most excited to get this colony growing and eventually into a formicarium!  Enjoy the pics!
 
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05/12/2014
 
     Here are a few more pictures I grabbed on the 10th after I she enjoyed a few drops of honey water.  I wish I would have grabbed a before picture!  Hopefuly I'll have a better camera by summers end that actually captures her browns and oranges, they are so deep colored that my phone camera just won't pic them up with the lighting in my house.
 
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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 11 2014 - 10:41 PM

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Nice. What is the length of this queen?



#3 Offline Kansant86 - Posted June 11 2014 - 10:45 PM

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she is approximately 19.05 mm or 3/4 of an inch! 



#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 11 2014 - 10:47 PM

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Oh wow. That must be a big test tube.



#5 Offline Kansant86 - Posted June 11 2014 - 10:49 PM

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Yeah it is.  I'm not sure of the volume but it's 8 inches long with 1 inch diameter.







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