tomorrownight: Re: New Crematogaster startup... (5. Nov 2011 18:01)

Shes pretty big, about the size of the bigger Messor queens. (2.1 cm possibly at a guess?)

baumarkthammer: Re: New Crematogaster startup... (5. Nov 2011 18:16)

Hmm I have to admit, that it remainds me of Camponotus herculeanus at the moment but Camponotus heaculeanus normally doesn´t have this red/brwon segment of the gaster. That red/brown first segment of the gaster is a way to tell Camponotus ligniperdus and Camponotus herculeanus apart. So I would say it is a Camponotus ligniperdus.

tomorrownight: Re: New Crematogaster startup... (8. Nov 2011 10:50)

ive actually got a Camponoutus h erculeanus here, i dont think she is that... but i dont really know - arent they from north of the alps and in Germany and so on?

tomorrownight: Re: New Crematogaster startup... (8. Nov 2011 10:51)

oooh what about Camponotus cruentatus?

mtrein: Re: New Crematogaster startup... (8. Nov 2011 12:36)

My Camponotus ligniperdus is darker than what is displayed in the pictures, but apart from that... Looks like ligniperdus.

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