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Carpenter ant (male)

Camponotus sp.

Description:

Most species are more easily identified from the major workers. Many are large ants; all have antennal bases separated from clypeal border by a space at least equal to the maximum diameter of the scape, mesosomal dorsal profile a continuous curve from pronotum through propodeum (except some subgenus Colobopsis, and these are easily recongnized by the truncate and heavily punctate circumoral portion of the head of majors). (information from BugGuide)

Habitat:

Garden around a hotel

1 Species ID Suggestions

stho002
stho002 10 years ago
Carpenter ant
Camponotus Ant - Camponotus - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 10 years ago

Thanks for the ID! :-)

stho002
stho002 10 years ago

male

Aaron_G
Spotted by
Aaron_G

Lebanon, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Jun 8, 2013
Submitted on Aug 18, 2013

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