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Index of Subjects <html> <head> </head> <body> <br> <br> Angus MacLean wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:6.2.1.2.0.20060813001514.01de2d90@pop1.ns.sympatico.ca"><br> This ant may not be the Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanus) but this pic appears to show yellow hair on the abdomen. Is there a different one in NS? <br> <br> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/213661393/ <br> <br> </blockquote> Hi Angus & All, Aug 13, 2006<br> I am not sure what your question is, but this does look like <i>C. pennsylvanicus</i> based on Hansen & Klotz's 2005 key to major workers and a first hand unfamiliarity with ants; pale yellow or white appressed pubescence on gaster about as long as erect hairs. <br> <br> The gaster hair of <i>C. noveboracensis</i> is less conspicuous, absent (?) on <i>C. herculeanus </i>and <i>C. nearcticus </i>at 4.5-7.5 mm long is smaller than the previous three species (6-13 mm).<br> <br> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville<br> </body> </html>
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