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Belton tx, 3 may, is this even a queen?


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#1 Offline Kwitzats - Posted May 3 2016 - 8:12 PM

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Festinatis(spelling) I think.

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#2 Offline LC3 - Posted May 3 2016 - 8:23 PM

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Sorry, but it looks like it's a major worker of a Camponotus sp. . Don't worry Camponotus major workers and queens are easy to confuse :P


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#3 Offline Kwitzats - Posted May 3 2016 - 8:36 PM

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I thought so, I just grabbed the largest one in the scattering. She seemed to be the only one major tho. I am thinking sanseabeanus now at anyrate.

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#4 Offline LC3 - Posted May 3 2016 - 8:47 PM

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As for ID I don't really have a clue :P



#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 4 2016 - 6:15 AM

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A lot of these Camponotus in the Southwest are hard to tell apart without a microscope.






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