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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 Myrmentoma (Camponotus Subgenus Myrmentoma) » Camponotus nearcticus
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red and black ant - Camponotus nearcticus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

red and black ant - Camponotus nearcticus
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 15, 2008
Size: 5mm

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red and black ant - Camponotus nearcticus red and black ant - Camponotus nearcticus red and black ant - Camponotus nearcticus
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Contributed by tom murray on 15 May, 2008 - 8:30pm
Last updated 11 April, 2010 - 10:41am

Moved
Moved from Carpenter Ants.
Ben, I see some of the other pictures under C. nearcticus are this color too. Thanks for the help!
… tom murray, 11 April, 2010 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

Camponotus sp.
One of these days I should try to get a local ant specialist take a look at some of these. Maybe a few more species would be added to the guide.
… tom murray, 16 May, 2008 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp.) - minor worker
Very similar to C. nearcticus except for not being all black. Maybe new for BG.
… Richard Vernier, 16 May, 2008 - 4:33am login or register to post comments

 
variation
As I understand it, C. nearcticus often shows this color pattern rather than being wholly black. The locality narrows down the possibilities from Myrmentoma.
… Ben Coulter, 11 April, 2010 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

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