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Photo#410356
chilled - Camponotus tortuganus

chilled - Camponotus tortuganus
Sarasota County, Florida, USA
June 13, 2010
Size: 1/2 inch

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Camponotus socius
I've passed this along to James Trager and he says it's a Camponotus socius queen. Very nice.

 
I've looked at this more carefully and ...
This appears to be a queen of Camponotus tortuganus. A picture of another queen of this species, lacking the condensation droplets that coat the surface of this individual, and in better lighting, is available here http://www.antweb.org/bigPicture.do?name=casent0103719&shot=p&number=1

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