May 18 colorado queen

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May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92497Post AntsTrick
Wed May 18, 2022 7:50 pm

First photo is in cm

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fazy66u_ukGEgkDH50AM7SviSWDdbZ8M/view?usp=drivesdk


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fcuIV4-_r4t7DKr4YlskgNEOyoFSY5_G/view?usp=drivesdk
Camponotus novaeboracensis 14 workers.
Queen with brood.
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92500Post SolenopsisKeeper
Thu May 19, 2022 6:55 am

AntsTrick wrote:
Wed May 18, 2022 7:50 pm
First photo is in cm

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fazy66u_ukGEgkDH50AM7SviSWDdbZ8M/view?usp=drivesdk


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fcuIV4-_r4t7DKr4YlskgNEOyoFSY5_G/view?usp=drivesdk
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92514Post AntsTrick
Thu May 19, 2022 6:54 pm

It's not I have a campo nova queen and she's easy twice the size.
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92516Post SolenopsisKeeper
Thu May 19, 2022 7:40 pm

AntsTrick wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 6:54 pm
It's not I have a campo nova queen and she's easy twice the size.
34 mm? Camponotus gigas queens aren’t that size. Campo nova queens are 17mm…(Your saying it’s not Campo nova, right?)
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92520Post AntsTrick
Thu May 19, 2022 9:29 pm

I have a campo nova queen she is about 20 mm, but queen in the photo is about 10mm shes a lot smaller than the smallest of nova queens.
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92521Post AntsTrick
Thu May 19, 2022 9:31 pm

rn my guess is campo nearcticus cuz they are about 10 mm and fly rn.
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92531Post SolenopsisKeeper
Fri May 20, 2022 8:58 am

AntsTrick wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 9:31 pm
rn my guess is campo nearcticus cuz they are about 10 mm and fly rn.
Ok, next time provide mm measurements so there is no confusion!
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92539Post AntsTrick
Fri May 20, 2022 10:11 am

... I literally added a ruler and said it was in cm!?
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92540Post Antloverhuman
Fri May 20, 2022 11:36 am

She is most likely campo nearcticus but all the photos of the queen were black and yours is reddish. Could be a different color morph ;)
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Re: May 18 colorado queen

Post: # 92544Post AntsTrick
Fri May 20, 2022 1:45 pm

ye thats what I thought I did find some images of redish workers.
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