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Photo by kellybonczek
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Field Notes

Description:

Big ant with red pigment toward the center of it's body.

Habitat:

This was on my deck, however my backyard is a mixture of grasses, shrubbery, and trees.

Species ID Suggestions

Carpenter Ant

Camponotus species

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Christine Y.
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Comments (1)
Christine Y.
Looks like a carpenter ant, possibly a red carpenter ant.

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Insects that live in Connecticut
Photographed
PublishedJuly 3, 2012

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