Carpenter Ants
(Camponotus spp.)
Updated July 30, 2001
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Black Carpenter Ant Queen
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) |
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New Black Carpenter Ant Queen with First Brood (Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) |
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Black Carpenter Ant Worker
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) Image supported by a grant from AgrEvo. |
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Black Carpenter Head
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) Image supported by a grant from AgrEvo. |
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Black Carpenter Ant Nest in Trunk of Oak Tree (Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) |
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Black Carpenter Ant Nest Cross-Section in Oak Trunk
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) |
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Black Carpenter Ant Frass
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) |
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Black Carpenter Ant Damage
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) |
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Nest in Cellulose Insulation Inside Exterior Wall Below Window
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) |
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Black Carpenter Ant Nest in Cellulose Insulation Inside Exterior Wall
(Jim Kalisch, UNL Entomology) |
