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Carpenter ants
Copyright © 2007 Richard Wasson

Carpenter ants "Camponotus"? - Camponotus
Kenwood, Sonoma County California County, California, USA
September 6, 2004
Size: 10mm +/-
This group of ants came out of their hole when the hole was shaded from the sun at about 11:00AM. They look like they were on the breeding flight. If there hole was exposed to the sun they would go back inside. They were located on a dirt trail in the foothills north of Kenwood at the Bouverie Preserve.
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Contributed by Richard Wasson on 6 September, 2007 - 4:01pm
Last updated 10 September, 2007 - 1:55am

Yes.
Definitely carpenter ants. Might be C. modoc or C. castaneus, but I can't recall the distributions for those species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2007 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Carpenter ants
Thank You Eric. Several people on the hike believed that carpenter ants were much larger than these.
Rich
… Richard Wasson, 6 September, 2007 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Size.
Amazingly, several carpenter ant species are much smaller, about the size of Formica spp!
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2007 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Not modoc that is for sure, l
Not modoc that is for sure, likely vicinus or semitestaceus.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 6 September, 2007 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

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