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Ants - Camponotus
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Ants - Camponotus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
July 26, 2009
Size: 5mm (3/16")
Ants that have burrowed into a dead tree limb.
I broke off the limb and they were inside.

Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 27 July, 2009 - 9:56am
Last updated 3 August, 2009 - 12:19pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Sam Houston, 3 August, 2009 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

"Janitor ants"
I know for certain they are carpenter ants, genus Camponotus, and I also think they are "janitor ants" in the subgenus Colobopsis. Great find if so! The face of major workers is flattened to function as a literal living door to the entrance hole for foraging minor workers.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 July, 2009 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm confused
I've made a guide page for subgenus Colobopsis... These ants look like the ones that are identified as Colobopsis here:

but also like the ones identified as Myrmentoma here:

They don't look to me like the others that have been identified as Colobopis, so I'm wondering if they are in fact Myrmentoma?
… Charley Eiseman, 16 January, 2010 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

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