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Black Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

Black Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Red Rock Wildlife Area, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, USA
November 1, 2009
Size: ~8 mm
Lone individual walking across driftwood on sandy beach bordered by oak forest along shoreline of Red Rock Reservoir.
Contributed by John Pearson on 1 November, 2009 - 10:16pm
Last updated 2 November, 2009 - 8:38am

Comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… John Pearson, 2 November, 2009 - 8:34am

Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) - worker
Individuals foraging - or scouting - lonely far from their nest are not rare among large Camponotus Ants.
… Richard Vernier, 2 November, 2009 - 3:32am

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