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St. Louis, Missouri, 6-1-18


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#1 Offline jsg994 - Posted June 1 2018 - 6:25 PM

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1. Park (on the side of walking trail)

2. 6-1-18
3. Habitat of collection - Woods
4. 13mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture - Black and red.  Nice whitish band around it's gastor.
6. Distinguishing characteristics - Bent antenna and decent sized mandibles 
7. Anything else distinctive - Not that I have observed
8. Nest description - N/A

9. Nuptial flight time and date - N/A
10 . https://imgur.com/a/M5VnlSP



#2 Offline BMM - Posted June 1 2018 - 7:51 PM

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Looks like a Camponotus worker. Probably C. chromaiodes if it's red, although from the pictures it looks more like a caramel color. If that's the case, it may be C. chromaiodes or C. pennsylvanicus. I've heard people describe C. pennsylvanicus as occasionally having brown instead of black legs.






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