Name that Ant #152 (24 March 2012)
The Overlord wants another NTA, so I pulled out the Box o' Dead Ants and took a snap of this one:H
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Yeah I was going to say (oh no please anything but) Camponotus as well. If this is European then I'm currently throwing my lot in with C. aethiops, since it's the only one that's got a pattern of...
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Hmmmm...Camponotus socius? The head setae seem to match and the long erect hairs on the mesosoma and the gaster really stand out to me, and I can definitely see lighter stripes against a darker...
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I am guessing it's probably an arboreal species. It doesn't seem like socius to me. Here's a link of photo of a C. socius minor, head shape's definitely different, not to mention antennae length....
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I'd say the head shape, and the difference form the one linked by blueball1st, has more to do with viewing angle of the photo than than with any important difference.
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blueball1st wrote:I am guessing it's probably an arboreal species. It doesn't seem like socius to me. Here's a link of photo of a C. socius minor, head shape's definitely different, not to mention...
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So, Camponotus socius, everyone? Here's another link. http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_JMG42 Personally I agree with you guys that it really might just be perspective. The position of the...
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antdude wrote:blueball1st wrote:I am guessing it's probably an arboreal species. It doesn't seem like socius to me. Here's a link of photo of a C. socius minor, head shape's definitely different, not...
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Seriously Antdude, what's bothering you about Chinese sites?
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blueball1st wrote:Seriously Antdude, what's bothering you about Chinese sites?Because they show:"重新導向通知 您所在的網頁正試圖將您帶往 http://eol.org/pages/466407 。 如果您不想造訪該網頁，您可以返回前一頁...Read More
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Here is another image. Does anyone else have a guess now, or want to change their guess? H
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This picture does not do justice to what a truly beautiful ant this is in life. Another one that reminds me of it is the Mediterranean Camponotus cruentatus:...
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Camponotus socius is the correct identification. These handsome ants originated in South America, but have established themselves in the southeastern United States. This specimen comes from Fort...
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That is very interesting! I'd always thought that C. socius was endemic to FL, but I guess it's not even native. Definitely up there as one of the most beautifully colored North American ants.
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It's native, Jason, or at least has been there for a long time and occurs nowhere else.
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The type specimen for Camponotus socius is from Brazil (Roger, 1863). Doctorant tells me the species in the U.S. may be different from what Roger collected, and in due course will receive a different...
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