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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Camponotini » Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) » Subgenus Camponotus (Camponotus Subgenus Camponotus) » Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
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ant colony in rotten log - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Copyright © 2018 Ann McKenzie

ant colony in rotten log - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Read's Landing, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
September 8, 2018
Largest ant in colony that I could find. Rotten willow log.
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Contributed by Ann McKenzie on 15 November, 2018 - 6:22pm
Last updated 16 April, 2019 - 9:37am

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… Ann McKenzie, 16 November, 2018 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

 
If you really want an ID...
...I'd suggest moving these back to Formicidae. That's where the experts will see them.

Your call, though.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 January, 2019 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

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