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I need to know what species of ant this is?

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:18 am
by Ej2011
Hi I need to find the species of these ants.

Size: Around 14mm

When: Around 7/17/2023. Around 5:00

Where: Oconomowoc, WI. Apartment complex.

Appearance: Black with a white/brown stripes on gaster/abdomen. Sort of a boxy head.

Behavior: Once I got her in the test tube she was not happy. After 20 minutes or so she was staying by the cotton ball by the water.

Re: I need to know what species of ant this is?

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:18 pm
by Angelants2012
Can you take a picture and send it over? That would be a lot better! :D

Re: I need to know what species of ant this is?

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:49 pm
by Ej2011
Here's two

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNZcK6_kPxOZArF_3eStPeMZV20Sat5kOSL8dLv

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMZMaqEo78kIwvoruyW8-NTQRXAzLtYqQhBiPPV

As you can see the queen does have three workers. They have been through a lot of moving between test tubes because I'm new to this.

Re: I need to know what species of ant this is?

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:20 pm
by Angelants2012
Looks like a species of Camponotus to me. (Carpenter ants)

Re: I need to know what species of ant this is?

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:15 pm
by Ej2011
Ok, thank you