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charles17: please help identify my ant species! (7. Apr 2006 08:18)

ive had these ants for a while. i thought they were Camponotus herculeanus

http://www.antstore.biz/de/shop01/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=59

although im not sure. the queen is about 1.5 cm and the soldiers are a lil over 1 cm and the workers are around 1 cm.

ive included some pics.

thanks peoples!

TheSummiter: (7. Apr 2006 10:47)

Hi

I think its a Camponotus Queen, but I´m not sure if its herculeanus or ligniperda or some other spezies.
Greetings

charles17: (7. Apr 2006 11:36)

o by the way, i found them in the mountains of california... if their location helps in their classification...

charles17: (10. Apr 2006 10:52)

well, i found em in the mountains of California in the US. big bear mountain. temperate climate i guess. it was somewhere in between 20 and 30 degrees celcius. it was a forested area and the soil was pretty dark and moist. i found em under a piece of firewood. is there any other info that would help?

charles17: (11. Apr 2006 03:20)

http://www.thespyofcharles.com/random/DSC02354.JPG
http://www.thespyofcharles.com/random/DSC07770.JPG
http://www.thespyofcharles.com/random/DSC07937.JPG

those are the pics at higher resolutions. they look shiny, and they have little white hairs over their bodies, including their butts, if that was 'gaster' is haha... and in the pics their legs and atennae look redish, although without the camera, they look pretty black to me. anything else that'd help narrow down the classification?