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Red and black ants - Camponotus chromaiodes
Copyright © 2012 John Beetham

Red and black ants - Camponotus chromaiodes
Helmetta, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
September 1, 2012
There were a lot of these red and black ants tending an infestation of aphids on an American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) in a Pine Barrens-type forest.

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Red and black ants - Camponotus chromaiodes Red and black ants - Camponotus chromaiodes Red and black ants - Camponotus chromaiodes
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Contributed by John Beetham on 1 September, 2012 - 7:01pm
Last updated 1 September, 2012 - 8:17pm

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Camponotus chromaiodes
These are Camponotus chromaiodes.
… Ben Coulter, 1 September, 2012 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
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for the quick ID.
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