Queen Id #2 - Central Wisconsin

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Jeremy
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Queen Id #2 - Central Wisconsin

Post: # 61966Post Jeremy
Sat Aug 03, 2019 3:32 pm

https://photos.app.goo.gl/RT6mKadLUWVDUkZj7

Please link to the album for photos.

Collected: 6/26/19
State: Wisconsin
County: Outagamie
City: Shiocton (15ish miles NW of Appleton)

Ruler is inches, we don’t have a metric one.

EarthStudent
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Re: Queen Id #2 - Central Wisconsin

Post: # 62209Post EarthStudent
Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:49 pm

Looks like Camponotus pennsylvanicus to me.

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CabboAntsGuy
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Re: Queen Id #2 - Central Wisconsin

Post: # 62668Post CabboAntsGuy
Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:24 pm

If it is about two inch long, then it is defiantly camponotus pennsylvanicus.
Keep:
3 camponotus pennsylvanicus
2 formica subsericea
The Camponotus Crew! https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=15267
Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566

Jeremy
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Re: Queen Id #2 - Central Wisconsin

Post: # 63337Post Jeremy
Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:18 pm

She’s only about 3/4” to 1” long. Currently she has about 5 larvae (?).

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Re: Queen Id #2 - Central Wisconsin

Post: # 63341Post LasiusSapien
Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:56 pm

CabboAntsGuy wrote:
Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:24 pm
If it is about two inch long, then it is defiantly camponotus pennsylvanicus.
lol i think you mean 2 cm hehe 2 inch is like over 5 cm, 3/4 of a inch is about 19mm so looks like you've got a camponotus as above probs pennsylvanicus
1x Lasius Niger - early forging stage - 60-100 workers
1x Messor Barbarus - founding stage - <20 workers
1x Camponotus Turkestanus - claustral stage - 1 nanitic + brood
1x Odontoponera Transversa - semi-claustral stage - no eggs

Jeremy
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Re: Queen Id #2 - Central Wisconsin

Post: # 63364Post Jeremy
Thu Aug 29, 2019 8:42 pm

Thanks for the clarification! I was wondering if it was supposed to say cm... I think a 2” ant would have scared me too much to pick up! LOL

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Re: Queen Id #2 - Central Wisconsin

Post: # 63379Post CabboAntsGuy
Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:14 am

Oh wow! That was bad. :lol: :lol: sorry for the mixup. Totally said that wrong. Yes two cm, probably C. pennsylvanicus.

I will also invite you to join our "Camponotus Crew". We all keep or want to keep Camponotus. The link is down below in my sig.

-Cabbo
Keep:
3 camponotus pennsylvanicus
2 formica subsericea
The Camponotus Crew! https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=15267
Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566

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