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1111823 - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - female
Copyright © 2003 Rob Curtis

1111823 - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - Female
Waterfall Glen FP, Illinois, USA
June 14, 2003
Contributed by Rob Curtis on 21 March, 2009 - 1:13pm
Last updated 21 March, 2009 - 7:21pm

Moved
Moved from Carpenter Ants.
… Tom Bentley, 21 March, 2009 - 7:21pm

Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) - major worker
Golden pubescence on gaster tergites is distinctive. C. chromaiodes shows the same one, but has red to orange color at least on propodeum.
… Richard Vernier, 21 March, 2009 - 5:32pm

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