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Carpenter ant nest  Camponotus modoc,Geotagged,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

    comments (3)

  1. Those are some hard workers, amazing! Posted 6 years ago
    1. They certainly were hard at work - we could hear and see the sawdust falling like snow... Posted 6 years ago
  2. Gasp! Wow, amazing find and photo. I love finding ants nesting in logs, but have never seen anything as impressive as this! Posted 6 years ago

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''Camponotus modoc'' or western carpenter ant is a black carpenter ant with dark red legs. Workers range in size from 7 to 13 mm.

Species identified by morpheme
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Aug 31, 2019. Captured Aug 30, 2019 10:57 in Dirty Harry's Balcony Trail, North Bend, WA 98045, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/1.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO200
  • 55mm