Ant id 2

[Jerry]

what do you think guys any guesses

 

[pannaking22]

Camponotus sp.?

 

[Jerry]

That's what I was thinking thanks

 

[nepenthe]

Yep, looks like Camponotus.

 

[schmiggle]

Maybe C. noveboracensis? Only carpenter ant in North America with a reddish mesosoma and black head and gaster that I can think of. Are you near a forested area?

 

[Jerry]

No but it was caught at work and I work at a sawmill

 

[Jerry]

I have kida gone ant crazy and am really hoping to find a queen and start a colony

 

[Tleilaxu]

Ants Canada has everything you need to be successful with ant keeping, also check out his YouTube channel.

 

[Jerry]

I've been watching a lot of his videos there awesome

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Maybe C. noveboracensis? Only carpenter ant in North America with a reddish mesosoma and black head and gaster that I can think of. Are you near a forested area?

There's actually several species that can have that color scheme, including C. chromaoides, C. herculeanus and the smaller Myrmentoma- subgenus species such as C. nearcticus. This one looks like a Myrmentoma.

 

[schmiggle]

There's actually several species that can have that color scheme, including C. chromaoides, C. herculeanus and the smaller Myrmentoma- subgenus species such as C. nearcticus. This one looks like a Myrmentoma.

I was thinking of herculeanus, actually, but I thought it was primarily boreal (then again, if we're talking imported wood, could be anything, I guess).

 

[Jerry]

No locally cut tree's Nebraska