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Western Black Carpenter Ant
Camponotus modoc
Camponotus modoc or western black carpenter ant is a black carpenter ant with dark red legs. Workers range in size from 7 to 13 mm (0.28 to 0.51 in).
From the article Camponotus modoc on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
It occurs in Western North America, where it makes nests in dead wood, including dead logs in the forests, as well as human houses.
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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 68954.