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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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What Kind of Ants Are These? - Camponotus festinatus - female
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What Kind of Ants Are These? - Camponotus festinatus - Female
Hondo, Medina County, Texas, USA
June 10, 2019
Size: 1/2 in
These ants have just started to appear in greater numbers in my yard. This appears to be a soldier and is just about 1/2 in long. Im going to post 2 more photographs to help with the ID. I thought they were citronella ants but they do not have any odor when mashed and they are very large. Any ideas? I caught them during their nuptial flight.

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What Kind of Ants Are These? - Camponotus festinatus - female What Kind of Ants Are These? - Camponotus festinatus - female What Kind of Ants Are These? - Camponotus festinatus
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Contributed by Impmaul on 16 June, 2019 - 1:34am
Last updated 19 June, 2019 - 4:59pm

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Moved to Formicidae for expert attention
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