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Camponotus noveboracensis? - Camponotus novaeboracensis
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Camponotus noveboracensis? - Camponotus novaeboracensis
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
May 20, 2008
Size: ~8mm
I didn't get the antennae in the picture, because this ant just wouldn't slow down, even after chilling.
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 May, 2008 - 10:46pm
Last updated 22 May, 2008 - 3:00pm

12 years
That's a long time for an insect. In the wild I don't imagine too many die of old age.
… tom murray, 22 May, 2008 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

Yes - major worker
Bright red color suggest a rather young individual, who will still darken a little. Pretty unbelievable, but major workers of these large Carpenter Ants species can live up to... 12 years. And yet, they kill each other routinely when meeting from different nests.
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