Not all carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.) are black. But the two species you’re most likely to find in North America — the Eastern carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) and the Western one ...

Various species of wood-excavating carpenter ants exist, but the most common home invader is the black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus). These ants are easily distinguished from others ...

Ants range in size from the miniscule up to one inch long, and usually appear black, brown ... or in trees. Carpenter ants, which include more than a thousand species in the genus Camponotus ...