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Dspdrew's Camponotus us-ca02 Journal [055] (Updated 11-12-2023)
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dspdrew
, Apr 6 2019 11:22 AM
camponotus us-ca02 dspdrew santa ana mountains carpenter ants
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Posted April 3 2021 - 8:19 AM
Darn. I’ll probably go next heat wave to see what else is there.
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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
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Posted December 14 2021 - 12:02 AM
Update 12-13-2021
I didn't keep any of these this year.
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Posted September 7 2023 - 7:57 PM
Update 9-7-2023
I found a bunch of these queens this year and kept three colonies. Right now the largest has 13 workers.
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Posted September 8 2023 - 4:57 AM
Cool. They remind me of C. sedulus or C. irritabilis winkleri with the majors' colouration. I don't understand how people can compare these with Dinomyrmex gigas. They aren't even close in size and certainly do not look the same. D. gigas looks more like some weird cross of Camponotus and Opisthopsis, not to mention the insane size difference.
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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Anochetus sp., ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Cardiocondyla sp., ★ Carebara (Oligomyrmex) sp., ★ Crematogaster cf. ferrarii, Odontomachus simillimus, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, Polyrhachis (Myrma) sp., Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma), ★ Trichomyrmex destructor.
Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.
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Posted September 8 2023 - 6:06 PM
I don't think anyone is saying they are similar in size. It's the coloration.
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Posted September 8 2023 - 8:05 PM
Cool. They remind me of C. sedulus or C. irritabilis winkleri with the majors' colouration. I don't understand how people can compare these with Dinomyrmex gigas. They aren't even close in size and certainly do not look the same. D. gigas looks more like some weird cross of Camponotus and Opisthopsis, not to mention the insane size difference.
Well, most people say that Camponotus us-ca02 is a “mini gigas”. It’s really based on color, nobody every really said they are similar in size.
Ant Keeping Since June 2018
Currently Keeping:
A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus
Hoping to Catch This season:
M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.
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