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title: "Fourmi noire gâte-bois"
description: "Camponotus pennsylvanicus — Insectes et araignées. The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) is one of the largest and most common species of carpenter ant native to the central and eastern United States as well as eastern Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/eastern-black-carpenter-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Fourmi noire gâte-bois

> Camponotus pennsylvanicus — Insectes et araignées. The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) is one of the largest and most common species of carpenter ant native to the central and eastern United States as well as eastern Canada.

- Scientific name: *Camponotus pennsylvanicus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt), `urban` (Villes et jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 62337
- Wikidata: [Q3919739](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3919739)
- iNaturalist taxon: [129902](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/129902)

## Names

- en: Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
- fr: Fourmi noire gâte-bois

## Countries with the most observations

US (35891), CA (4080)

## Summary

The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) is one of the largest and most common species of carpenter ant native to the central and eastern United States as well as eastern Canada.

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

## Photo

![Fourmi noire gâte-bois](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-black-carpenter-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sam Allon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115568418

## Machine access

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