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Bearded Carpenter ant

Camponotus subbarbatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 34, February 37, March 40, April 66, May 85, June 71, July 36, August 33, September 40, October 37, November 31, December 31.
United States4,078
Virginia511
District of Columbia469
New York467
Maryland464
New Jersey342
Pennsylvania323
West Virginia297
Ohio220
Canada188

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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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