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There are two Camponotus colonies that I need help to ID. They are labelled ID Subject A and ID Subject B.
Subject A, I caught this winged queen ant roaming around nearby. Their colony is under a mound of sticks and twigs.
Subject B, the colony is under a log placed at the fork of the paved pathway in the park in which behind is a storm drain.
Need help to ID this specific Camponotus
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Re: Need help to ID this specific Camponotus
It's workers look pretty much all the same.
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Re: Need help to ID this specific Camponotus
Locality: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (GPS Location: 49.177217, -122.745623)
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/49%C2%B010%2738.0%22N+122%C2%B044%2744.2%22W/@49.177217,-122.7478117,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d49.177217!4d-122.745623
Date Caught: 2018-04-23
Length: 165 mm
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/49%C2%B010%2738.0%22N+122%C2%B044%2744.2%22W/@49.177217,-122.7478117,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d49.177217!4d-122.745623
Date Caught: 2018-04-23
Length: 165 mm
Re: Need help to ID this specific Camponotus
For your area, subject B could be C. herculeanus. Subject A, because of the behaviour in the pile of sticks and twigs seem more likely to be Formica obscuripes, Western thatching ants. The queen is definitely Camponotus, but may not be mated. It is early, even in Surrey for Camponotus nuptial flights. A measurement of the queen could be useful, and which colony was she near. My C. laevigatus queen is similar, with bi-coloured workers, but she is a smaller species of Campy.
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