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Red Carpenter Ant - Camponotus castaneus - male
Copyright © 2010 Robert Lord Zimlich

Red Carpenter Ant - Camponotus castaneus - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 22, 2010
I'm guessing a Formica Ant but am prepared to find out it's not :)

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Red Carpenter Ant - Camponotus castaneus - male Red Ant - Camponotus castaneus
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 24 May, 2010 - 6:03pm
Last updated 25 October, 2010 - 7:52am

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 26 May, 2010 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Not a Formica
This is a male of Camponotus castaneus. The notable space between the base of the antenna and the posterior margin of the clypeus is diagnostic. Common at lights this time of year. Formica will fly in about a month. See this male of the lateer species at http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0103929&shot=p1&project=missouriants.
… James C. Trager, 26 May, 2010 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 25 May, 2010 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Gotta be an ant.
An ichneumonid would have many more segments in its antennae. Couldn't tell you what kind of ant, however.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 May, 2010 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm Thinking ...
It's got to be in the pallidefulva group, possibly Formica dolosa ... or not
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 24 May, 2010 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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