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Queen Ant ID (Camponotus anthrax) (Skyline Drive, Cleveland National Forest, Corona, CA) (5-26-2013)

Started By dspdrew , Sep 20 2013 9:24 AM
skyline drive cleveland national forest corona california camponotus clarithorax dspdrew ant id queen ant

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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 20 2013 - 9:24 AM

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  • LocationSanta Ana, CA

Location:  Skyline Drive, Cleveland National Forest, Corona, California.
Habitat:  Chaparral/very few oak and pine trees. Queen was found under a small rock.
Coloration, hue and pattern:  Black or very dark brown head, gaster and legs, very dark redish brown thorax and mandibles. Very rear portion of the thorax on the queen dark red.
Length:  5mm (worker), 12mm (queen).

I'm not complete sure that these workers are the same species as the queen, I am just assuming they are because they look very much alike, and I found them in the same spot.

Queen

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Worker

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Habitat

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Edited by dspdrew, May 26 2015 - 11:05 PM.
Added new microscope pictures.

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 20 2013 - 9:25 AM

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  • LocationSanta Ana, CA
Possibly Camponotus clarithorax or C. anthrax according to James C. Trager.

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#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 21 2014 - 6:40 PM

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  • LocationSanta Ana, CA

After keying this out, I confirmed it is Camponotus anthrax.


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