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identification key to Camponotus (pennsylvanicus all black with golden gaster hairs, chromaiodes and novaeboracensis with a red thorax)","https:\u002F\u002Fharvardforest.fas.harvard.edu\u002F?p=2473",[86,95],{"type":82,"title":107,"url":108,"covers":109},"NavajoNature.org: Camponotus modoc (Lubertazzi and Alpert: colors, short golden gaster hairs, western range from Alaska to northern Mexico)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.navajonature.org\u002Fants\u002Fformicinae\u002Fcamponotus-modoc.html",[86,96],{"type":111,"title":112,"url":113,"covers":114},"paper","Buczkowski (2011), Ecological Entomology 36: Suburban sprawl, environmental features affect colony social and spatial structure in the black carpenter ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus (monogyne colonies with parent and satellite nests in 1 to 4 trees, 97% of nests in hardwoods, nocturnal foraging, strong aggression between colonies)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1111\u002Fj.1365-2311.2010.01245.x",[95,96],{"type":111,"title":116,"url":117,"covers":118},"Fowler and Roberts (1982), Journal of the New York Entomological Society 90: Seasonal occurrence of founding queens and the sex ratio of Camponotus pennsylvanicus in New Jersey (founding queens from March to July, most of them in April to June, no synchronized flights)","https:\u002F\u002Farchive.org\u002Fdownload\u002Fbiostor-171779\u002Fbiostor-171779.pdf",[97,95],{"type":111,"title":120,"url":121,"covers":122},"Sanders (1972), The Canadian Entomologist 104: Seasonal and daily activity patterns of carpenter ants in northwestern Ontario (C. pennsylvanicus becomes virtually nocturnal as the season progresses)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.4039\u002FEnt1041681-11",[95],{"type":82,"title":124,"url":125,"covers":126},"Wikipedia: Camponotus pennsylvanicus (range east of the Rocky Mountains, castes, night foraging, nests in damp 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70% humidity, winter rest at about 8 degrees C, flights April to July)","https:\u002F\u002Fformicamarket.com\u002Fen\u002Fant-database\u002Fcamponotus-pennsylvanicus\u002F",[151,97],{"type":182,"title":183,"url":184,"covers":185},"forum","Formiculture: Ants4fun Camponotus pennsylvanicus journal (South Dakota colonies, first-year growth, foods taken, dehydration after hibernation)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F1330-ants4funs-camponotus-pennsylvanicus-journal\u002F",[151],{"type":182,"title":187,"url":188,"covers":189},"Formiculture: Spamdy Camponotus pennsylvanicus journal (Texas queen caught in April 2017, first workers about 87 days later, early brood lost to disturbance)","https:\u002F\u002Fformiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F6184-spamdys-camponotus-pennsylvanicus-journal",[151],{"type":182,"title":191,"url":192,"covers":193},"Formiculture: Kanye2020 Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony (Iowa, 10 to 15 workers in the first year, diapause in a minifridge, brood 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Camponotus pennsylvanicus journal 2 (Wisconsin queens caught in mid-May 2018, hibernation in a fridge from September to January)","https:\u002F\u002Fformiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F8785-tcs-camponotus-pennsylvanicus-journal-2",[151,97],{"type":182,"title":199,"url":200,"covers":201},"Formiculture: Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Western Massachusetts (queen found at night in early June, gradual cooling to about 45 degrees F, too big a drop of honey left the eggs in a pool of honey)","https:\u002F\u002Fformiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F11187-camponotus-pennsylvanicus-western-massachusetts",[151,97],{"type":182,"title":203,"url":204,"covers":205},"Formiculture: Camponotus pennsylvanicus help (Nebraska, deep diapause, a queen that never touched honey drank sugar water)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F4602-camponotus-pennsylvanicus-help",[151],{"type":182,"title":207,"url":208,"covers":209},"Formiculture: Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony struggling (Kentucky, a heated 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Chicago area, most queens found between 8 and 11 pm on warm days)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F18272-large-camponotus-pennsylvanicus-swarms\u002F",[97],{"type":182,"title":223,"url":224,"covers":225},"Formiculture: Camponotus pennsylvanicus nuptial flight (Georgia, South Dakota and Virginia, flights in the evening and at night)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F21997-camponotus-pennsylvanicus-nuptial-flight",[97],{"type":182,"title":227,"url":228,"covers":229},"Formiculture: Best conditions for Camponotus flights (Camponotus in general: evening flights on warm days with light wind)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F12908-best-conditions-for-camponotus-flights\u002F",[97],{"type":182,"title":231,"url":232,"covers":233},"Formiculture: what is the difference, C. pennsylvanicus or C. herculeanus (keepers tell them apart by red color and gaster 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Camponotus)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.miteco.gob.es\u002Fes\u002Fbiodiversidad\u002Ftemas\u002Fconservacion-de-especies\u002Fespecies-exoticas-invasoras\u002Fce_eei_artropodos_nc.html",[238],{"type":82,"title":248,"url":249,"covers":250},"Bundesartenschutzverordnung (BArtSchV), Anlage 1: protected species in Germany (the only ants listed are Formica species)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gesetze-im-internet.de\u002Fbartschv_2005\u002Fanlage_1.html",[238],{"type":82,"title":252,"url":253,"covers":254},"Japan Ministry of the Environment: designated invasive alien species under the Invasive Alien Species Act (no Camponotus)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.env.go.jp\u002Fnature\u002Fintro\u002F2outline\u002Flist.html",[238],{"type":82,"title":256,"url":257,"covers":258},"USDA APHIS: Invertebrate pets (a PPQ 526 permit is needed to move, import or sell any ant species between US 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tell Camponotus pennsylvanicus from Camponotus herculeanus?","Both are called black carpenter ants, and their ranges overlap in southern Canada and the northern United States. C. pennsylvanicus is nearly always all black, and its larger workers have long, dense, pale hairs lying flat on the gaster. C. herculeanus usually has a dark reddish thorax or legs and short gaster hairs, and it dominates colder northern and mountain forests. Queens are harder to name, but in C. herculeanus queens the first antenna segment is shorter and barely reaches past the back corners of the head.",{"question":290,"answer":291},"Why do black carpenter ants turn up in houses?","A colony often has a parent nest with the queen in a tree, stump or log outdoors, plus satellite nests nearby that hold workers and older brood. Satellite nests in buildings are often in damp or rotting wood, for example around leaks. The ants do not eat wood. They only hollow it out, and they seldom tunnel into dry, sound timber, so damp wood is the first place to look.",{"question":293,"answer":294},"Why does my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony seem inactive during the day?","It is mainly a night forager. In a study in northwestern Ontario, its activity moved later into the night as the summer went on until it was almost fully nocturnal, and an Illinois public health guide says workers come out about 15 minutes after sundown. It does forage by day as well, especially early in the season and in cool weather. In a formicarium, look at the arena in the evening before deciding that the colony is not eating.","Large, all-black workers of many sizes, with pale yellowish to golden hairs lying flat on the gaster, long and dense on the bigger workers. Camponotus herculeanus and western C. modoc have short gaster hairs, and C. herculeanus usually has a dark reddish thorax or legs, while C. chromaiodes often shows red on the thorax, legs or gaster base and C. novaeboracensis has a red thorax and legs.","en",{},true,[300,303,306,308],{"kind":301,"text":302},"tip","Keep the founding queen in a dark, quiet spot and check on her rarely. Her first clutch is small and takes at least about 60 days to become workers. One keeper who checked a queen daily and moved her between three setups lost the early brood and waited about 87 days for the first worker. Ending the first year with 5 to 30 workers is normal.",{"kind":304,"text":305},"watchOut","Check cotton plugs and water barriers all year, including during the winter rest. The workers chew cotton, soft plastic and plaster, and one keeper found a hibernating colony drowned after it had chewed through the cotton in its test tube. Fluon or talc keeps them in on smooth walls, but oil or petroleum jelly on a vertical wall does not.",{"kind":301,"text":307},"Keep sugar water on hand even if you feed honey. Some colonies take honey well, but one keeper's queen never touched it and drank sugar water readily, and a founding queen given too big a drop of honey ended up with her eggs in a pool of it. Add small prey such as fruit flies, crickets or pieces of mealworm, and clear out leftovers before they mold.",{"kind":304,"text":309},"Do not rely on a heat cable to keep the colony active all year. One heated colony left its winter rest in March, and by June the queen had stopped laying and the workers had stopped taking prey, so keepers advised a cool rest of three to four months starting in September or October. 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Why do ants need hibernation? Should I hibernate my ants? Let's see!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_hibernation_guide.png","Ant Keeping Basics","\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants",{"id":386,"title":387,"description":388,"image":389,"categoryText":383,"path":390},"blog\u002Fhow-to-catch-your-first-queen-ant.md","How To Catch Your First Queen Ant!","In this short article, we’re going to learn how to catch our very first queen ant, the mother of all the members of the colony!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbrumaants_miniatura_catch_a_queen_ant.png","\u002Fhow-to-catch-your-first-queen-ant",{"id":392,"title":393,"description":394,"image":395,"categoryText":383,"path":396},"blog\u002Fwhat-to-do-after-catching-your-first-queen-ant.md","What To Do After Catching Your First Queen Ant!","In this short guide, you’re going to learn what steps you need to take after catching your very first queen ant! Let's get into it!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbrumaants_miniatura_what_to_do_after_catching_a_queen_ant.png","\u002Fwhat-to-do-after-catching-your-first-queen-ant",1793205492767]