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Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
November 11, 2006
Size: 7mm
Could this be a Camponotus pennsylvanicus?

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Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus Carpenter Ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
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Contributed by tom murray on 11 November, 2006 - 7:56pm
Last updated 23 April, 2011 - 2:05pm

Moved
Not uncommonly all black, and no other species in the region ever is, so C. pennsylvanicus.
… James C. Trager, 23 April, 2011 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Well...
Difficult to be conclusive with this minor worker. On one hand, hairy and mattish gaster seems to exclude C. nearcticus, and to match with C. pennsylvanicus. But this latter should have more reddish legs. Therefore, a third species cannot be excluded. An extensive knowledge of New England fauna would be needed.
… Richard Vernier, 18 November, 2006 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Local species
I'll have to see if I can get one of the local ant experts to take a look at some of these ants.
… tom murray, 19 November, 2006 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

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