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title: "Ferruginous Carpenter Ant"
description: "Camponotus chromaiodes — Insects & spiders. Camponotus chromaiodes, known generally as, the ferruginous carpenter ant or red carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to the eastern United States, Nebraska, Kansas, and possibly California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/ferruginous-carpenter-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ferruginous Carpenter Ant

> Camponotus chromaiodes — Insects & spiders. Camponotus chromaiodes, known generally as, the ferruginous carpenter ant or red carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to the eastern United States, Nebraska, Kansas, and possibly California.

- Scientific name: *Camponotus chromaiodes*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 13333
- Wikidata: [Q13451514](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13451514)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62780](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62780)

## Names

- en: Ferruginous Carpenter Ant

## Countries with the most observations

US (12106), CA (4)

## Summary

Camponotus chromaiodes, known generally as, the ferruginous carpenter ant or red carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to the eastern United States, Nebraska, Kansas, and possibly California. Acetobacteraceae are found in the guts of workers in this species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camponotus_chromaiodes

## Photo

![Ferruginous Carpenter Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ferruginous-carpenter-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21505082

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ferruginous-carpenter-ant?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).