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title: "Western Black Carpenter Ant"
description: "Camponotus modoc — Insectos y arañas. Camponotus modoc or western black carpenter ant is a black carpenter ant with dark red legs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/western-black-carpenter-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Black Carpenter Ant

> Camponotus modoc — Insectos y arañas. Camponotus modoc or western black carpenter ant is a black carpenter ant with dark red legs.

- Scientific name: *Camponotus modoc*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 8377
- Wikidata: [Q5028510](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5028510)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68954](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68954)

## Names

- en: Western Black Carpenter Ant

## Countries with the most observations

US (2907), CA (1189)

## Summary

Camponotus modoc or western black carpenter ant is a black carpenter ant with dark red legs. Workers range in size from 7 to 13 mm (0.28 to 0.51 in).

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

## Photo

![Western Black Carpenter Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-black-carpenter-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: awendland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60834086

## Machine access

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