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[Teafoot]

1. Location of collection: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, inside a medium stick I smashed open. 

2. Date of collection: 2016-10-20, about 5:00
3. Habitat of collection: edge of forest
4. Length: about 8 mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: all black, shiny, a little hairy.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: one node (pretty sure, it is hard to see)
7. Anything else distinctive: Very sluggish. Not aggressive at all. Strange because it is a very warm day.
8. Nest description: Don't know, but probably inside a rotting log based on the location of collection.
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[Alabama Anter]

Looks like a Camponotus Pennsylvania... most likely kicked out from the nest

[CallMeCraven]

In my opinion and based on where you found it I would also say Camponotus pennsylvanicus. Here is an antweb link for some more info on the species.

 

https://www.antweb.o...=North Carolina

[Batspiderfish]

8mm? Probably Crematogaster, then. I can see a post-petiole as well.

Edited by Batspiderfish, October 20 2016 - 2:30 PM.

[Canadian anter]

I can easily see why someone would say Camponotus for this I'D. However I agree with crematogaster because of how the gaster is pointed and arched inwards towards the petiole. I can also see 2 petiole nodes. I think that this is definitely Crematogaster lineolata because he said it was "a little hairy" and Crematogaster like wood just as much. If it WAS Camponotus which ithe probably isn't, it would be a nearticus or caryae

Edited by Canadian anter, October 20 2016 - 6:42 PM.