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Camponotus? New Mexico


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#1 Offline Paulette - Posted June 15 2017 - 6:10 PM

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Location: northern New Mexico, 7200 ft elevation
Queen was found in a scrubby field, near houses.
 
The colony from this queen already has hundreds of workers - a very fast producer.
 
If you need photos with different angles on the workers, I can take more photos, as I have 2 pickled in alcohol. Tell me if there is a feature you need to see more clearly in order to ID.
 
The queen at the time she was captured, June 2016. She is large, 14mm.
IMG 7693 2016Q1 crop
 
Views of workers, photographed today:
IMG 7821 2016QW1
IMG 7818 2016QW1
IMG 7816 2016 QW1
 
 

 


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#2 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted June 17 2017 - 12:52 PM

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Liometopum?



#3 Offline Paulette - Posted June 17 2017 - 1:04 PM

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Wow, I hadn't even heard of that genus before. I'm hoping for more input, as I'm considering putting this colony into a public exhibit - it would certainly be good to know what it is!



#4 Offline Paulette - Posted June 17 2017 - 1:50 PM

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Here is a photo of part of their setup. The brood pile is visible in one tube. I read that Liometopum apiculatum build some kind of carton-like material in their nests. Could that be what they are building here? They are creating some kind of sculptures!
 
brood pile and ants' construction project





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