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Camponotus americanus
Loves to eat sweet dew that comes from aphids.
Bushes. Nest in wood or soil.
Spotted on Jun 15, 2010
Submitted on Sep 7, 2010
5 Comments
This one likes aphids where the black ones tend to go to flowers
Thank You, that appears to be it. I didn't know Carpenter ants come in more than just black, I learnt something new!
It's a great photograph. There are thousands of species of ants so it will be difficult to determine to species. However, I'd suggest that it is a carpenter ant, perhaps Camponotus americanus, but that is only a guess. See http://bugguide.net/node/view/408652/bgi... for more information.
still needs id
Some sort of aphid loving ant.