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Looking for Camponotus herculeanus in Colorado


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#1 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 19 2020 - 7:38 AM

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So I’m looking to buy a Camponotus herculeanus queen (with brood/workers) in Colorado. If you’re interested PM me, I’d be willing to pay $40 or lower. I won’t do a handoff in person, but I’ll pay for shipping. 


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 


#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 19 2020 - 8:10 AM

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Probably unlikely to get an offer, as herculeanus are not very common at all on the west coast, despite what antmaps may say. Hopefully you do get an offer though, and if not, there is always the fun challenge of finding a cool and uncommon sp. for oneself.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#3 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 19 2020 - 8:16 AM

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Probably unlikely to get an offer, as herculeanus are not very common at all on the west coast, despite what antmaps may say. Hopefully you do get an offer though, and if not, there is always the fun challenge of finding a cool and uncommon sp. for oneself.

I see them a lot in my yard, so if I don’t get an offer hopefully blacklighting will do the trick.


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 


#4 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 19 2020 - 8:49 AM

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Probably unlikely to get an offer, as herculeanus are not very common at all on the west coast, despite what antmaps may say. Hopefully you do get an offer though, and if not, there is always the fun challenge of finding a cool and uncommon sp. for oneself.

I see them a lot in my yard, so if I don’t get an offer hopefully blacklighting will do the trick.
You sure they aren’t novaeboracensis or something? I doubt they are herculeanus.

#5 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 19 2020 - 9:09 AM

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Probably unlikely to get an offer, as herculeanus are not very common at all on the west coast, despite what antmaps may say. Hopefully you do get an offer though, and if not, there is always the fun challenge of finding a cool and uncommon sp. for oneself.

I see them a lot in my yard, so if I don’t get an offer hopefully blacklighting will do the trick.
You sure they aren’t novaeboracensis or something? I doubt they are herculeanus.

 

They could be vicinus. I’m going off of the size and the red abdomen, but antweb says that herculeanus is in Colorado.


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 





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