Species Camponotus pennsylvanicus - Black Carpenter Ant

Classification · Size · See Also · Internet References

Ant tending aphids - Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Sleeping ant colony - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - female

Carpenter Ant Queen? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Friend or Foe - Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Formicinae

Genus Camponotus (Carpenter Ants)

Species pennsylvanicus (Black Carpenter Ant)

Size

5-15 mm

See Also

"C. herculeanus is very similar, but with dark red propodaeum and legs, and a less showy golden pubescence on the "abdomen" (metasoma)." -- Richard Vernier

Internet References

Bug Info. Smithsonian

Wellesley

Ant Colony

Miss. Ent. Museum

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 24 January, 2010 - 8:53pm

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