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Carpenter Ants (Camponotus)
Photo#7793
Copyright © 2004
Kildale
Fly to ID please -
Camponotus
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 27, 2004
This small fly was a little hard to photograph because of the bright white background but it was more or less all black. ID would be appreciated.
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Contributed by
Kildale
on 9 October, 2004 - 4:47pm
Last updated 26 June, 2007 - 2:48pm
Moved
Camponotus sp. male.
Moved from
Ants
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George Waldren
, 26 June, 2007 - 2:48pm
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Male ant
Have to disagree with both of you:-) This is a male ant, as evidenced by the wings and the ELBOWED antennae. Could be a carpenter ant, Camponotus sp., in which case we could use this image for the field guide.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 11 October, 2004 - 2:43pm
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Just wondering...
... since when ants are not wasps anymore? ;-) No use getting into semantics late at night (at least for me it is). Good night!
Paul
http://www.diptera.info
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Paul Beuk
, 11 October, 2004 - 4:20pm
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Ant
Eric, I don't know much about the insects at all, there is no way I will be saying what they are. I've only been taking photos.They are all in here
http://dereila.ca/dereilaimages/whispersA.html
If this works. Perhaps you can give it the once over as most of them you have ID'd.
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Kildale
, 11 October, 2004 - 2:59pm
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Your photos needed for field guide
Kildare, Please email me your email address, if you are interested in letting us publish a couple of your photos in our guide (Eric is coauthor). Thanks, Nora email: HillstarE@aol.com
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Nora Bowers
, 1 December, 2004 - 12:29am
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Wasp
Well, your little fly happens to be a wasp...
Paul
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Paul Beuk
, 10 October, 2004 - 10:40am
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