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Ant queen - Camponotus fragilis
Copyright © 2011 margarethe brummermann

Ant queen - Camponotus fragilis
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 6, 2011
Size: 13 mm
And what are the things on her legs?

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 6 July, 2011 - 5:20pm
Last updated 8 July, 2011 - 11:06am

Moved
Well, at least I can ID the ant. It is a nocturnal, soil-nesting species of the carpenter ant genus.
The little critters on her legs are mites. It might be worth re-posting this in the mite section for an ID. . .Wait, there is no mite section at BG. But I have a feeling this one might be relatively easy to track down.
… James C. Trager, 8 July, 2011 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

 
C. fragilis
has colonies in the area. Wow, those alates are 20 times the size of the normal workers! This was a single lady (?) But the next night, there were dozens of them around. I had already figured they were Carpenters, so nice to hear they aren't the wood working kind.
… margarethe brummermann, 8 July, 2011 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
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