Species ID Ontario

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Rhetorik
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Species ID Ontario

Post: # 28431Post Rhetorik
Tue Aug 08, 2017 1:05 pm

A. was caught august 7th. 13-14mm
Ottawa, Ontario

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B. Was caught august 3rd. 14mm
Ottawa, Ontario

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Both dark red
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Phoenix
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Re: ID Request

Post: # 28433Post Phoenix
Tue Aug 08, 2017 1:21 pm

Camponotus Sp.
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AntsOntario

Re: Species ID Ontario

Post: # 28465Post AntsOntario
Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:31 pm

They look like Camponotus Novaboracensis.
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DrDramaticElk1
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Re: Species ID Ontario

Post: # 28466Post DrDramaticElk1
Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:38 pm

probably Camponotus Novaboracensis.
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Rhetorik
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Re: Species ID Ontario

Post: # 28467Post Rhetorik
Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:40 pm

AntsOntario wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:31 pm
 They look like Camponotus Novaboracensis.
Chromaiodes or Noveboracensis? I'm not sure what the difference is.
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Re: Species ID Ontario

Post: # 28479Post Batspiderfish
Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:33 pm

Camponotus novaeboracensis (correct spelling), because of the shining gaster.
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Rhetorik
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Re: Species ID Ontario

Post: # 28481Post Rhetorik
Tue Aug 08, 2017 5:28 pm

Camponotus novaeboracensis

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AntsOntario

Re: Species ID Ontario

Post: # 28495Post AntsOntario
Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:54 pm

Batspiderfish wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:33 pm
 Camponotus novaeboracensis (correct spelling), because of the shining gaster.
Sorry. Some people spelt it with the a, some spelt it with both the a and the e.
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Re: Species ID Ontario

Post: # 28565Post Proverbs66
Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:14 pm

She's very calm I like queens like that cuz its like they want you catch them 😌
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Rhetorik
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Re: Species ID Ontario

Post: # 29067Post Rhetorik
Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:45 pm

Proverbs66 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:14 pm
 She's very calm I like queens like that cuz its like they want you catch them 😌
It's funny you say that...A. didn't seem to mind when I caught her and was very relaxed, she just sat on the honey spot for the pics. She had eggs by the next day, B. never settled and just kept pulling at the cotton in her test tube. So a couple of days ago I put her in a container with some mulch and pieces of an egg carton, she settled and starting laying eggs almost immediately. Figured she had already been through founding and wouldn't last, time will tell.

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