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title: "Eastern Black Carpenter Ant"
description: "Camponotus pennsylvanicus — Insecten en spinnen. 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/nl/animal/eastern-black-carpenter-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eastern Black Carpenter Ant

> Camponotus pennsylvanicus — Insecten en spinnen. 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` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- 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

![Eastern Black Carpenter Ant](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=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).