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Black Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - female
Copyright © 2008 Cody R. Hough

Black Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - Female
Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
Size: 12mm
Found alone on a sidewalk.
Contributed by Cody R. Hough on 7 November, 2008 - 11:49am
Last updated 8 November, 2008 - 1:34pm

Carpenter Ant
It's a Camponotus queen but I couldn't tell you which. Might be Camponotus pennsylvanicus.
… MrILoveTheAnts, 8 November, 2008 - 1:21pm

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