Black Carpenter Ant
Other Name(s): Black Ant, Carpenter Ant
Characteristics: Black Carpenter Ants are relatively large. Known mostly by color, this type of ant also has 1 segement to its waist and a long abdomen containing lightly-colored dull hairs.
Though their name suggests otherwise, Carpenter ants do not eat wood and instead feed on plant juices and other insects. Black Carpenter Ants do bite and can spray formic acid, but they do not possess the ability to sting their prey.
Worker ants live to serve the queen of which only one can be present in any mature colony.
General Adult Size (Length):
6mm to 13mm
(0.24in to 0.51in)
Identifying Colors: black, brown, yellow, gray
North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota
Category: Bee, Ant, Wasp and Similar
Common Name: Black Carpenter Ant
Scientific Name: (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
 Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Camponotus
Species: pennsylvanicus
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