Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Register
·
Log In
Home
Guide
ID Request
Recent
Frass
Forums
Donate
Help
Clickable Guide
Calendar
Upcoming Events
Registration
is open for the
2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho
July 24-27
Moth submissions
from
National Moth Week 2023
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico
, July 20-24
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana
, April 28-May 2
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2019 gathering in Louisiana
, July 25-27
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2018 gathering in Virginia
, July 27-29
Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
Info
Images
Links
Books
Data
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 Camponotus (Camponotus Subgenus Camponotus)
»
Hercules Carpenter Ant (Camponotus herculeanus)
Photo#528504
Copyright © 2011
Charley Eiseman
Queen ant -
Camponotus herculeanus
-
Mt. Greylock summit, Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 10, 2011
Size: 13.5 mm
I see those out-of-focus ocelli, so I guess this is some kind of
Formica
?
Berkshire BioBlitz
tag
·
login
or
register
to post comments
Contributed by
Charley Eiseman
on 13 June, 2011 - 8:21am
Last updated 14 June, 2011 - 12:35pm
Moved
Moved from
Ants
.
…
James C. Trager
, 14 June, 2011 - 12:35pm
login
or
register
to post comments
I would lean towards Camponotus.
The ocelli rule only applies with workers. Something in subgenus camponotus would be my guess
…
J. Anderson
, 14 June, 2011 - 6:54am
login
or
register
to post comments
Comment viewing options
Flat list - collapsed
Flat list - expanded
Threaded list - collapsed
Threaded list - expanded
Date - newest first
Date - oldest first
10 comments per page
30 comments per page
50 comments per page
70 comments per page
90 comments per page
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.