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fusca group (Formica fusca group)
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Copyright © 2016
Richard Wasson
Ants -
Formica
Bolinus, Marin County, California, USA
June 21, 2016
Size: 1/2" more or less
Found this nest under a sheet of plywood.
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Richard Wasson
on 23 June, 2016 - 6:08pm
Last updated 15 November, 2017 - 9:36am
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This is one among several very similar species in the West of the Formica fusca group.
It is rather distantly related to Camponotus, and even if it were a Camponotus, C. chromaides is strictly an eastern deciduous forest species, not found anywhere within about 1500 miles of California.
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