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carpenter ant? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Copyright © 2010 Molly Jacobson

carpenter ant? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
April 4, 2010
Size: around 1/2 in.
Weirdest thing... I saw a colony of these guys down underneath an opening in the ground next to a power line pole. Then the next day, I come back and I see like 20 of them on the ground dead. This was the one survivor of the mystery attack...
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 6 April, 2010 - 3:48pm
Last updated 9 January, 2011 - 10:14am

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Molly Jacobson, 8 April, 2010 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) - worker
I too am quite perplexed as for what caused such a sudden, massive death...
… Richard Vernier, 7 April, 2010 - 1:45am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Nice shot, too. One of the ant experts might be able to take it to species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 April, 2010 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

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