Carpenter Ants
(Camponotus spp.)

Updated July 30, 2001

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Black Carpenter Ant Queen
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
New Black Carpenter Ant
Queen with First Brood

(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Black Carpenter Ant Worker
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Image supported by a grant from AgrEvo.
Black Carpenter Head
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Image supported by a grant from AgrEvo.
Black Carpenter Ant Nest in Trunk of Oak Tree
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Black Carpenter Ant Nest Cross-Section in Oak Trunk
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Black Carpenter Ant Frass
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Black Carpenter Ant Damage
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Nest in Cellulose Insulation Inside Exterior Wall Below Window
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)
Black Carpenter Ant Nest in Cellulose Insulation Inside Exterior Wall
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology)