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[Will230145]

1. Location of collection: Western Pennsylvania. Grove City

2. Date of collection: 5/19/19

3. Habitat of collection: On trampoline, near woods

4. Length: Right about 1cm

5. Coloration: Black head and gaster, reddish/orangish thorax

6. Distinguishing characteristics: Looks like Camponotus, but smaller

7. Anything else distinctive: Beautiful, been grooming a lot and "itching" her wings, or trying to take them off

8. Nest description: N/A

9. Nuptial flight time and date: N/A

10. Pictures:

[Aaron567]

Campontous nearcticus or Camponotus caryae. Would need high magnification on her head to narrow it down between those two.

[Will230145]

Ok, all Camponotus pretty much have the same care so its good. Thanks! 

[Antennal_Scrobe]

What is Camponotus caryae exactly? I have heard mention of them in my area, but if I look up the species, all I see are shriveled museum specimens that I can't really correlate to a living ant, if that makes sense, so I have absolutely no idea what they look like, and don't know if I have seen them or not. I sometimes find odd colored nearcticus with orange heads and yellow thoraxes, could they be C. caryae?