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Northern utah ant ID request


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#1 Offline AndyGJorgensen - Posted June 24 2016 - 8:11 AM

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1. Location of collection utah usa
2. Date of collection: June 24
3. Habitat of collection: side walk walking
4. Length (from head to gaster):4mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: dull black
6. Distinguishing characteristics: large head and fast
7. Anything else distinctive:
8. Nest description: unknown

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Edited by AndyGJorgensen, June 24 2016 - 8:13 AM.


#2 Offline drtrmiller - Posted June 24 2016 - 8:49 AM

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Camponotus modoc?




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#3 Offline AndyGJorgensen - Posted June 24 2016 - 9:26 AM

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Queen or soldier?

#4 Offline i2chip - Posted June 24 2016 - 9:40 AM

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Queen or soldier?

Looks like a worker to me



#5 Offline AndyGJorgensen - Posted June 24 2016 - 10:46 AM

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Thanks

#6 Offline James C. Trager - Posted June 24 2016 - 11:54 AM

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A major worker of Camponotus, possibly C. vicinus or C. modoc. I'm thinking the former because of the apparently flattened antennal scapes/ 






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