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Carpenter Ants? - Camponotus - female

Carpenter Ants? - Camponotus - Female
McCrory Gardens, Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota, USA
March 26, 2007
Small portion of a colony of ants found sleeping in a rotting Aspen log. I believe I have all sizes of the females, and giving that I konw next to nothing about ants, and assuming that Carpenter ants have soldiers (by looking at the oversized head and larger chompers it has, not seen here), I believe I have a minor and major worker, a soldier, and possibly a queen. Sizes are 7mm, 9mm, 12mm, and 17mm.

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Carpenter Ants? - Camponotus - female Carpenter Ants? - Camponotus - female

Carpenter Ants (Camponotus sp.)
You've got a minor, a medium and a major worker (there are no true soldiers in Carpenter ants, although big workers tend indeed to have a more defensive temper).
As for the largest individual, this is actually a queen, and most likely the unique egg-laying queen of the colony. Young future queens do overwinter in their natal nest too, but they are always winged att this stage.

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