Black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)

male carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus
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Black carpenter ant | Camponotus pennsylvanicus photo

Profile view of ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus
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Black carpenter ant | Camponotus pennsylvanicus photo

Dorsal view of ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus
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Black carpenter ant | Camponotus pennsylvanicus photo

Head view of ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus
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BLACK CARPENTER ANT FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	pennsylvanicus
Common Name:	Black carpenter ant

Relatives in same Genus
  Reddish carpenter ant (C. castaneus)
  Red carpenter ant (C. chromaiodes)
  Carpenter ant (C. noveboracensis)

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