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Black carpenter ant

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

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Pretty sure this is a freshly mated queen who has shed her wings and was roaming my house at 10:30 PM looking for a place to settle in and start her colony. Needless to say, after swearing a lot and taking a few pictures for identification purposes she went outside.

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PublishedJuly 23, 2014

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