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King or Queen Ant - Lake Oswego Oregon


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#1 Offline OR_A.N.T.S. - Posted June 5 2021 - 4:27 PM

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Found in Lake Oswego Oregon, in my backyard on pavement. There are ridges in the abdomen.

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#2 Offline Broncos - Posted June 5 2021 - 4:29 PM

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Male. Males look more like wasps


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#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 5 2021 - 5:24 PM

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Male. Also of note is that males are not called kings. If you are using that kind of terminology the proper term is drone. The only eusocial insects with true kings are termites.
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#4 Offline KadinB - Posted June 5 2021 - 9:49 PM

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looks like a camponotus male.


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