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American Carpenter Ant

Camponotus americanus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 51, February 56, March 52, April 100, May 89, June 50, July 31, August 56, September 43, October 46, November 35, December 43.
United States7,302
Georgia848
North Carolina797
Texas749
Mississippi725
Tennessee558
Massachusetts443
Alabama403
Missouri300
Arkansas296

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyAnts · Formicidae
GenusCarpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies · Camponotus

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