Southern BC May 5 - 3 queens
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 5:13 pm
Please assist with species identification. The three are all approximately 15 mm. Queen # 2 dropped onto my porch late in the evening and has settled into her test tube. She dropped her wings as soon as tubed and has laid 4 eggs. Very mellow. Queens 1 and 3 were collected in a pine area of a local park, hiking down the road. Queen 3 is not mellow and attacked the cotton ball in the tube with enthusiasm. They appear to be different species of Camponotis although 2 and 3 could be the same.
The weather here is terrible for nuptial flights. Cold and rainy nearly every day. These girls flew the minute the weather let up for a day.
The weather here is terrible for nuptial flights. Cold and rainy nearly every day. These girls flew the minute the weather let up for a day.