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Deceptive Carpenter Ant
Camponotus decipiens
Camponotus decipiens is a species of carpenter ant native to the eastern United States, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, and possibly Utah, Arizona, Sonora, and California. The specific epithet of the scientific name, decipiens, comes from Latin "dēcipiens", meaning "deceiving, cheating, or trapping".
From the article Camponotus decipiens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Workers of this black-gastered species of ant can range from 3 to 7.5 millimeters, compared to the length limit of the genus, 15 millimeters.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 215972.