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Black Ant - Camponotus herculeanus
Copyright © 2014 Mardon Erbland

Black Ant - Camponotus herculeanus
N47.744192 W52.768405 (WGS84), Pouch Cove, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 12, 2014
Size: 9 mm jaws to body rear
Found at 4:00 PM NDT on 10-Jul-2014. Taken home in a plastic container and photographed 12-Jun-2014. There were quite a few ants crawling around this area but I didn't see any actual colony or ant hill.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 12 July, 2014 - 1:02pm
Last updated 15 July, 2014 - 11:36am

Moved
Moved from Carpenter Ants.
… Ben Coulter, 15 July, 2014 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Mardon Erbland, 15 July, 2014 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

Camponotus
Its a Camponotus sp., a Carpenter Ant - they make their nests in wood cavities (some create the cavities themselves, others use pre-existing ones) so that's why you didn't see the colony.
… Seth Burgess, 15 July, 2014 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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