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Carpenter ant? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - female
Copyright © 2012 JB

Carpenter ant? - Camponotus pennsylvanicus - Female
White Hall, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
July 17, 2012
Size: aprox 3/4 of an inch
This guy/gal was working in my garden with me. He/she has no visible mandibles.
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Contributed by JB on 19 July, 2012 - 9:17pm
Last updated 10 August, 2012 - 4:43pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 10 August, 2012 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

Camponotus pennsylvanicus and
Camponotus pennsylvanicus and this is a female worker. She is a carpenter ant and typically they nest in dead wood with some sort of water damage to it.
… MrILoveTheAnts, 21 July, 2012 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

 
How do I move this?
Thanks!
… JB, 26 July, 2012 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Very interesting thanks
I live in the woods so it makes sense. ;)
… JB, 22 July, 2012 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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