#3647 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Eastern Black Carpenter Ant

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Dmitry Mozzherin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Kurt Andreas · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Beth Burrous · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ace Thomas · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Ohio, US:© Donna J. Parry · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Oklahoma, US:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Boone County, MO, USA:© Lee Elliott · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC, Canada:© Panawun (Kris) P. · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. Oklahoma, US:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Oklahoma, US:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The black carpenter ant ( Camponotus pennsylvanicus ) is a species of carpenter ant.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 63,190iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
63,190 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1773 (253 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.