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Camponotus - female
Copyright © 2010 Vespula Vulgaris

Camponotus - Female
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2010
Size: 5 mm
A colony of these has been living around my deck for the past few years. They always trail across the railing. Workers vary in size and color. Not all have red like this
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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 2 May, 2010 - 8:49am
Last updated 28 August, 2010 - 11:53am

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 28 August, 2010 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 May, 2010 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID
just wondering if it may be Camponotus chromaiodes?
… John R. Maxwell, 2 May, 2010 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

 
I don't think so.
V. v. -- Can you tell us the size, preferably in mm., of the largest workers of this you see.
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(Later) If 5mm. then one of the subgenus Myrmentoma. C. discolor, C. nearcticus are possibilities, but can't say without a clearer view of the sides of the head and their hair pattern.
… James C. Trager, 28 May, 2010 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

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