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Can someone please identify this ant colony? Maryland 7/10/25

Started By Antdaddy , Today, 2:16 PM

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#1 Offline Antdaddy - Posted Today, 2:16 PM

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I found a queen ant on april 29 and the first workers arived a few days ago. The queen is aproxamitly 15mm long and has an orange underside and front of the gastor. The workers are plain black. Can someone identify these ants?

Sorry for the upside down picture

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted Today, 3:07 PM

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Camponotus chromaiodes

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#3 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted Today, 3:37 PM

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Camponotus chromaiodes

I concur. The New World Carpenter Ants of the Hyperdiverse Genus Camponotus. Volume 1 is pretty specific that the way to ID Camponotus chromaiodes from the closely related "Camponotus herculeanus group" is the presence of orange tones on the front of the abdomen.

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