Camponotus Pennsylvanicus queen with brood
🐜 Size & Appearance:
- One of the largest carpenter ant species in North America
- Workers: 5-16mm in length
- Queens: approximately 19mm long
- Color: Jet black
👑 Colony Information:
- Mature colonies typically contain around 3,000 workers
- Can reach up to several thousand individuals
- Features polymorphic workers (different sizes)
- Single queen colonies
🏠 Habitat:
- Lives east of the Rocky Mountains
- Nests in living and dead trees, rotten logs, or stumps
- Prefers forested areas and woodland edges
- First North American ant species to be scientifically described
- Active primarily at night
- Does not eat wood (only excavates it for nesting)
- Workers forage for food and maintain the colony
Please be sure to read our FAQ page and review our shipping practices to make sure your order is eligible for our live arrival guarantee .
States available to: Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Tennessee, Maine, Massachusetts, West Virginia, New York, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Kentucky, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New jersey, Missouri, Michigan, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Indiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Kansas, Arkansas, Delaware, Virginia, New Mexico, Iowa, Illinois … with more states in their native range to be added soon.
🐜 Size & Appearance:
- One of the largest carpenter ant species in North America
- Workers: 5-16mm in length
- Queens: approximately 19mm long
- Color: Jet black
👑 Colony Information:
- Mature colonies typically contain around 3,000 workers
- Can reach up to several thousand individuals
- Features polymorphic workers (different sizes)
- Single queen colonies
🏠 Habitat:
- Lives east of the Rocky Mountains
- Nests in living and dead trees, rotten logs, or stumps
- Prefers forested areas and woodland edges
- First North American ant species to be scientifically described
- Active primarily at night
- Does not eat wood (only excavates it for nesting)
- Workers forage for food and maintain the colony
Please be sure to read our FAQ page and review our shipping practices to make sure your order is eligible for our live arrival guarantee .
States available to: Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Tennessee, Maine, Massachusetts, West Virginia, New York, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Kentucky, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New jersey, Missouri, Michigan, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Indiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Kansas, Arkansas, Delaware, Virginia, New Mexico, Iowa, Illinois … with more states in their native range to be added soon.
🐜 Size & Appearance:
- One of the largest carpenter ant species in North America
- Workers: 5-16mm in length
- Queens: approximately 19mm long
- Color: Jet black
👑 Colony Information:
- Mature colonies typically contain around 3,000 workers
- Can reach up to several thousand individuals
- Features polymorphic workers (different sizes)
- Single queen colonies
🏠 Habitat:
- Lives east of the Rocky Mountains
- Nests in living and dead trees, rotten logs, or stumps
- Prefers forested areas and woodland edges
- First North American ant species to be scientifically described
- Active primarily at night
- Does not eat wood (only excavates it for nesting)
- Workers forage for food and maintain the colony
Please be sure to read our FAQ page and review our shipping practices to make sure your order is eligible for our live arrival guarantee .
States available to: Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Tennessee, Maine, Massachusetts, West Virginia, New York, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Kentucky, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New jersey, Missouri, Michigan, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Indiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Kansas, Arkansas, Delaware, Virginia, New Mexico, Iowa, Illinois … with more states in their native range to be added soon.