Large Ant

Photograph taken by on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Large Ant

Large Ant

When I got home today I noticed this ant on the flagstone walk leading to my front door. It was quite cool out and he was moving pretty slowly on the cold stone. I got my bean bag and took a few photos. I’m not going to pretend to know which of an estimated 22,000 species this is. I imaging with a little work I could narrow it down to under 1,000 but for now, I’ve simply identified it as a drone (male) ant, e.g., a member of the Formicidae family.

Update: I posted two pictures of the ant on BugGuide.net (here and here) and James Trager identified it as being Camponotus castaneus, also known as the reddish carpenter ant.

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