Queen identify plz...

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Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18370Post xTNxANTMANx
Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:49 pm

OK, So I just found this queen, 3 nanitics, and some eggs and brood. I believe her to be a Camponotus sp but can anyone tell me which for sure? She's very pretty.
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Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni

Founding:
Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2

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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18372Post Martialis
Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:15 pm

It's Camponotus. Possibly C. castaneus
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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18375Post Batspiderfish
Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:43 pm

Martialis wrote:
Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:15 pm
It's Camponotus. Possibly C. castaneus
C. castaneus is a large species of Camponotus. This is Camponotus subbarbatus, or a close relative.
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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18379Post Martialis
Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:40 pm

I was iffy on the castaneus part. That ID makes more sense.
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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18383Post Nathant
Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:21 pm

I agree with Camponotus subbarbatus or a closely related sp.

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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18386Post xTNxANTMANx
Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:07 pm

I've done a little research and I need to check the hairs on the face pretty much to become 100% certain but I agree with Camponotus subbarbatus. All though I caught her with a few workers already, I hope they continue to grow under my care. Are all Camponotus sp slow growing btw?
Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni

Founding:
Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2

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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18394Post Nathant
Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:41 am

xTNxANTMANx wrote:
Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:07 pm
I've done a little research and I need to check the hairs on the face pretty much to become 100% certain but I agree with Camponotus subbarbatus. All though I caught her with a few workers already, I hope they continue to grow under my care. Are all Camponotus sp slow growing btw?
Pretty much. This depends on if you heat them or not, but still slow nonetheless.

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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18427Post jwatson16202
Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:58 pm

Wow I love her colours!

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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18428Post xTNxANTMANx
Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:29 pm

jwatson16202 wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:58 pm
Wow I love her colours!
I know right. I found her to be a very beautiful species. I hope everything is well in the end and she continues to lay eggs. I would really love to build a colony with this species.
Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni

Founding:
Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2

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Re: Queen identify plz...

Post: # 18429Post jwatson16202
Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:41 pm

It's such a shame that she's not native to the UK, I'd love to have a colony of those
The only Camponotus im aware of in UK is Camponotus britteni, and they aren't nearly as pretty

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