NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

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Deadbear
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NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41455Post Deadbear
Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:26 am

Found this guy (queen?) wandering out post rain storm in the morning on a sidewalk near a house.

Any ideas on queen potential or large worker? Species? Diet?

Thank you!

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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41457Post MorbidBugg
Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:44 am

While I'm sure someone would be able to ID a size measurement is required to help fully ID Her
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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41465Post Deadbear
Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:31 am

I'll get the measuring tape oot :)

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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41468Post JustCliff
Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:47 am

I'm just here to place my guess, I'd wait for the pros still :lol:

Camponotus americanus
Keeper of:
Temnothorax curvispinosus x2
Camponotus nearcticus
Brachymyrmex depilis
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Founding:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus herculeanus

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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41473Post MorbidBugg
Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:11 am

Nice shot. I believe it's Formica
The head looks a little to small in comparison to her thorax for me to be Camponotus also. Taking what I've learned just recently. There appears to be a 'saddle shape ' to her thorax. Which continues to lead me to Formica and finally the size. Just a wee bit small for Camponotus again I'm just learning as well. But to me, using those Identifiers is my best assumption.
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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41474Post Deadbear
Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:20 am

Interesting! Thank you for the look, it was a booger to measure I must admit!

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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41475Post JustCliff
Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:23 am

Yeah, with that lighting the last picture shows that her thorax isn't as flat as it first looked, I'd think the size is right for camponotus though, and her head shape looks like there's a little extra room for the mandible muscles, but her abdomen is larger than her thorax which not all camponotus bloat to that size.

Where's Batspiderfish to tell us so I can begin looking into this queen? :geek:
Keeper of:
Temnothorax curvispinosus x2
Camponotus nearcticus
Brachymyrmex depilis
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Founding:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus herculeanus

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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41742Post Deadbear
Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:02 pm

Thank you all for your help I will continue to monitor the thread.

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Re: NW Georgia June 28 ID help please.

Post: # 41743Post Batspiderfish
Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:14 pm

Camponotus americanus.

To discern Camponotus from Formica, the bent/saddle shape of the mesosoma only applies to workers.
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