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Ant & Sawdust - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Copyright © 2009 Jonathan Burishkin

Ant & Sawdust - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA
July 16, 2009
Size: ? guess of 0.7 cm ???
This ant was removing sawdust from a hole in a tree. It would come to a lip outside the hole and hang upside-down (like in the photo) and drop a pice of sawdust into the pile. There were many ants in the general area, some small ants and others of this same species. Why is it doing this and what kind of ant is it? I have observed this behavior in other places.

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Ant & Sawdust - Camponotus pennsylvanicus Ant & Sawdust - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
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Contributed by Jonathan Burishkin on 16 July, 2009 - 8:53pm
Last updated 30 July, 2009 - 11:20am

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… Jonathan Burishkin, 30 July, 2009 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Camponotus pennsylvanicus
The common black carpenter ant of eastern North America.
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