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Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Eastern black carpenter ant

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Camponotus pennsylvanicus

AntCat · view at source · updated on 10/08/2026
Author: (De Geer, 1773) species Valid name

Formicidae

Camponotus pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Eastern Black Carpenter Ant

SPECIES Valid name

Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Camponotus

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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(c) Ace Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ace Thomas · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 16 countries · 36498 records GBIF · updated on 03/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1880: 6 1881: 4 1882: 2 1883: 1 1885: 2 1887: 4 1888: 2 1889: 1 1890: 1 1891: 1 1892: 7 1893: 2 1894: 1 1895: 2 1896: 1 1897: 73 1898: 4 1900: 5 1901: 4 1902: 8 1904: 2 1905: 3 1906: 5 1907: 10 1909: 1 1910: 7 1915: 8 1916: 7 1917: 5 1918: 1 1919: 5 1920: 8 1922: 5 1924: 4 1925: 8 1927: 29 1928: 3 1929: 3 1930: 19 1931: 15 1932: 27 1933: 12 1934: 1 1935: 26 1936: 30 1937: 4 1938: 31 1939: 23 1940: 19 1941: 26 1942: 6 1943: 12 1944: 7 1945: 3 1946: 9 1947: 10 1948: 9 1949: 9 1950: 4 1951: 6 1952: 10 1953: 17 1954: 17 1955: 7 1956: 3 1957: 19 1958: 46 1959: 2 1961: 8 1962: 4 1963: 16 1964: 6 1965: 47 1966: 3 1967: 89 1968: 48 1969: 16 1970: 49 1971: 4 1972: 14 1973: 10 1974: 4 1975: 5 1976: 17 1977: 8 1978: 16 1979: 70 1980: 302 1981: 19 1982: 26 1983: 16 1984: 35 1985: 6 1986: 63 1987: 49 1988: 89 1989: 30 1990: 21 1991: 13 1992: 18 1993: 31 1994: 36 1995: 216 1996: 5 1997: 30 1998: 78 1999: 73 2000: 35 2001: 62 2002: 152 2003: 145 2004: 107 2005: 292 2006: 279 2007: 167 2008: 208 2009: 222 2010: 180 2011: 225 2012: 709 2013: 532 2014: 894 2015: 408 2016: 282 2017: 491 2018: 821 2019: 1,724 2020: 2,890 2021: 2,886 2022: 4,006 2023: 4,266 2024: 4,577 2025: 3,911 2026: 3,527
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YearRecords
18806
18814
18822
18831
18852
18874
18882
18891
18901
18911
18927
18932
18941
18952
18961
189773
18984
19005
19014
19028
19042
19053
19065
190710
19091
19107
19158
19167
19175
19181
19195
19208
19225
19244
19258
192729
19283
19293
193019
193115
193227
193312
19341
193526
193630
19374
193831
193923
194019
194126
19426
194312
19447
19453
19469
194710
19489
19499
19504
19516
195210
195317
195417
19557
19563
195719
195846
19592
19618
19624
196316
19646
196547
19663
196789
196848
196916
197049
19714
197214
197310
19744
19755
197617
19778
197816
197970
1980302
198119
198226
198316
198435
19856
198663
198749
198889
198930
199021
199113
199218
199331
199436
1995216
19965
199730
199878
199973
200035
200162
2002152
2003145
2004107
2005292
2006279
2007167
2008208
2009222
2010180
2011225
2012709
2013532
2014894
2015408
2016282
2017491
2018821
20191,724
20202,890
20212,886
20224,006
20234,266
20244,577
20253,911
20263,527
United States · 31,255 Canada · 4,735 Pakistan · 303 Bangladesh · 120 Mexico · 51 India · 19 Costa Rica · 2 Greece · 2 Namibia · 2 New Zealand · 2 South Africa · 2 Australia · 1 China · 1 Russia · 1 Zambia · 1 Sweden · 1
Winnipeg, Canada 08/07/2026 · Female · 231 m · B. Krongold · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Whiteshell, Canada 02/07/2026 · 350 m · B. Krongold · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Morrarö fälten, Morrarö, Srm, Sweden 02/07/2026 · Algot Rosenius · SLU Artdatabanken · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
Red Rock Lake, Canada 01/07/2026 · 319 m · B. Krongold · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park, Canada 21/06/2026 · 259 m · B. Krongold & J. Bannerman · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park, Canada 21/06/2026 · 259 m · B. Krongold & J. Bannerman · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Rennie, Canada 05/06/2026 · 320 m · B. Krongold · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Rennie, Canada 05/06/2026 · 320 m · B. Krongold · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Chelsea, Canada 17/05/2026 · Female · 124 m · B. Krongold · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Chelsea, Canada 16/05/2026 · 133 m · B. Krongold · CAS · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

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