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Nearctic Carpenter Ant

Camponotus nearcticus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 30, February 31, March 49, April 97, May 186, June 87, July 65, August 59, September 62, October 51, November 32, December 28.
United States5,030
Canada1,005
Ontario778
New York683
Virginia590
Maryland537
North Carolina269
Michigan255
New Jersey253
Massachusetts248

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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