[NatureNS] Little Creatures

Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:09:26 -0300
From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
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Angus MacLean wrote:<br>
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This ant may not be the Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanus) but
 this pic appears to show yellow hair on the abdomen. Is there a different
 one in NS? <br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/213661393/ <br>
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Hi Angus &amp; All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aug 13, 2006<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not sure what your question is, but this does look like <i>C. pennsylvanicus</i>
 based on Hansen &amp; Klotz's 2005 key to major workers and a first hand
unfamiliarity with ants; pale yellow or white appressed pubescence on gaster
about as long as erect hairs. <br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The gaster hair of <i>C. noveboracensis</i> is less conspicuous, absent
(?) on <i>C. herculeanus </i>and <i>C. nearcticus </i>at 4.5-7.5 mm long
is smaller than the previous three species (6-13 mm).<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville<br>
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