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Eastern Black Carpenter Ant

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Classification

Class
Insecta

The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) is one of the largest and most common species of carpenter ant native to the central and eastern United States as well as eastern Canada. Description C. pennsylvanicus can be distinguished from other carpenter ant species by the dull black color of the head and body, and by whitish or yellowish hairs on the abdomen.

Distribution

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