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Bicolored Carpenter Ant

Camponotus vicinus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 126, February 109, March 114, April 141, May 137, June 101, July 86, August 88, September 112, October 114, November 147, December 113.
United States5,122
California1,390
Canada734
Colorado728
Arizona565
British Columbia550
Washington409
New Mexico390
Texas266
Nevada261

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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