Location: Northeastern michigan (lower penninsula) on a dirt road. It was a dry, open area. Lots of wintergreen plants and dried out/rotting logs. Few ferns. The forest line was a hundred yards away, which had a lot of oak trees, and other hardwoods.
Date caught: 5-16-18.
Length: 7mm
Coloration: reddish brown/rust colored.
I would like this to be Camponotus castaneus, but is more likely some sort of Formica sp. Anyways, these are the best pics I can get.
![20180516 171238 20180516 171238](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_383129.jpg)
![20180516 171256 20180516 171256](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_57884.jpg)
![20180516 171313 20180516 171313](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_290203.jpg)
![20180516 171408 20180516 171408](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_346806.jpg)
![20180516 171537 20180516 171537](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_304413.jpg)
![20180516 171450 20180516 171450](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_313923.jpg)
![20180516 171654 20180516 171654](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_155504.jpg)
![20180516 171700 20180516 171700](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_17133.jpg)
![20180516 171803 20180516 171803](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/gallery/album_1164/gallery_2326_1164_195739.jpg)
Edited by Jamiesname, May 16 2018 - 1:44 PM.