Hey so I just caught two what I think to be camponotus herculeanus ants (Only camponotus species where I am) but they were found in Anchorage Alaska 6/27/18 when I was at work and spotted one running across the ground (I work at the garden center at Lowes) and the other one was sitting on some bricks I was moving. I caught both of course and brought em home of course. Camponotus Herculeanus is the only species of ant that I can think of in Alaska and these guys are about 15-16 MM long, and you can see they have a black Head, Thorax, and abdomen and redish brownish legs. Both of them are skittish and docile, I can pick em up and they don't bite. Oh, and when I put them in the test tubes one of them began to clean the tip of it's abdomen.
Camponotus Herculeanus Possibly?
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Re: Camponotus Herculeanus Possibly?
The image didn’t load for me, but it sounds like they are mated, evident by the cleaning of the gaster! This is not 100% but is a good indi.catorZintarloc wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 3:05 amHey so I just caught two what I think to be camponotus herculeanus ants (Only camponotus species where I am) but they were found in Anchorage Alaska 6/27/18 when I was at work and spotted one running across the ground (I work at the garden center at Lowes) and the other one was sitting on some bricks I was moving. I caught both of course and brought em home of course. Camponotus Herculeanus is the only species of ant that I can think of in Alaska and these guys are about 15-16 MM long, and you can see they have a black Head, Thorax, and abdomen and redish brownish legs. Both of them are skittish and docile, I can pick em up and they don't bite. Oh, and when I put them in the test tubes one of them began to clean the tip of it's abdomen.
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