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Eastern Black Carpenter Ant

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 255, February 252, March 340, April 595, May 1,022, June 499, July 376, August 343, September 399, October 368, November 251, December 233.
United States51,605
Canada6,417
New York4,645
Ontario4,570
Massachusetts4,411
Texas3,861
North Carolina3,496
Pennsylvania3,360
Virginia2,779
Ohio2,594

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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