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wasp or ant or what? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Copyright © 2010 Joe Zito

wasp or ant or what? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Cedar Rapids/ICNC, Linn County, Iowa, USA
May 30, 2010
Size: 9mm or so

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wasp or ant or what? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus wasp? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 30 May, 2010 - 8:14pm
Last updated 1 June, 2010 - 1:44pm

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… Joe Zito, 1 June, 2010 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

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… Joe Zito, 1 June, 2010 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

Formicinae: Camponotus
This is a male, most likely of Camponotus pennsylvanicus, the common large black carpenter ant. Readily recognized as a male by its small head vs. massive thorax, and visible genitalia at the tip of the abdomen.
… James C. Trager, 1 June, 2010 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

 
hmmm
Small brain and large genitalia....
… Joe Zito, 1 June, 2010 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Alate ant.
Can't tell you much more than that, unfortunately. I'm sure someone else will be able to further the ID.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 May, 2010 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like a carpenter ant to me.


I think its Camponotus but I am no expert with hymenoptera :)
… Natalie Hernandez, 30 May, 2010 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

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