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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Camponotini » Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) » Subgenus Tanaemyrmex (Camponotus Subgenus Tanaemyrmex) » festinatus group (Camponotus festinatus group) » Camponotus festinatus
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Ant or Termite? Which kind specifically? - Camponotus festinatus
Copyright © 2014 mark_in_atx

Ant or Termite? Which kind specifically? - Camponotus festinatus
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
November 21, 2014
Size: 0.75"
The first photo is the most accurate on color. My landscapers told me they were termites, but I don't think they are.

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Ant or Termite? Which kind specifically? - Camponotus festinatus Ant or Termite? Which kind specifically? - Camponotus festinatus
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Contributed by mark_in_atx on 21 November, 2014 - 12:47pm
Last updated 21 July, 2019 - 12:43am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Tanaemyrmex.
… Steven Wang, 21 July, 2019 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Notwithstanding the pale color, your discernment was correct, and these are ants. Indeed, they don't look much like termites at all, except that both are wingless insects!
… James C. Trager, 24 November, 2014 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) sp?
Compare:
… Steven Wang, 21 November, 2014 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Most definitely ants. The experts should be able to tell you which ones.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 November, 2014 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

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