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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) » Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)

Species Camponotus pennsylvanicus - Black Carpenter Ant

Classification · Size · Internet References
Black Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus Hairy end - Camponotus pennsylvanicus Carpenter ant queen and brood - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - female Carpenter ant? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus Carpenter ant? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus Black Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus Sleeping ant colony - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - female Ant & Sawdust - 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
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
Last updated 17 July, 2008 - 7:47pm

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