Please Help Identify

Help with identifying the species your ants

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seadawg84
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Location: Winona Lake, Indiana, U.S.A.

Please Help Identify

Post: # 99465Post seadawg84
Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:44 pm

Size: Around the same size as black carpenter ant majors (not super majors, just regular majors)
When: Approximately 4pm EST, June 5th 2023
Where: Recently (3 months ago) cleared part of a forested area near a pond in Northern Indiana.
Appearance: I think the pictures show it better than I can describe it, but all of them were big, hardly any difference in size between the different workers.
Behaviour: They were digging out their nest methodically. when they would see me get too close, they would run back into their nest for a minute until they figured I was not a threat anymore. When captured, frantically tried to escape.

Picture(s):

https://imgur.com/Vn04GVc
https://imgur.com/AzjC66X
https://imgur.com/ZqI19S2
https://imgur.com/Vw9X48A
https://imgur.com/Hy8eqNo
https://imgur.com/*****
https://imgur.com/WW1GgBL
https://imgur.com/wpAf2aE
https://imgur.com/VjHddsM
https://imgur.com/hYIxq1a
https://imgur.com/Af7UDJz

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antperson24
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Location: North East Iowa

Re: Please Help Identify

Post: # 99483Post antperson24
Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:46 am

seadawg84 wrote:
Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:44 pm
Size: Around the same size as black carpenter ant majors (not super majors, just regular majors)
When: Approximately 4pm EST, June 5th 2023
Where: Recently (3 months ago) cleared part of a forested area near a pond in Northern Indiana.
Appearance: I think the pictures show it better than I can describe it, but all of them were big, hardly any difference in size between the different workers.
Behaviour: They were digging out their nest methodically. when they would see me get too close, they would run back into their nest for a minute until they figured I was not a threat anymore. When captured, frantically tried to escape.

Picture(s):

https://imgur.com/Vn04GVc
https://imgur.com/AzjC66X
https://imgur.com/ZqI19S2
https://imgur.com/Vw9X48A
https://imgur.com/Hy8eqNo
https://imgur.com/*****
https://imgur.com/WW1GgBL
https://imgur.com/wpAf2aE
https://imgur.com/VjHddsM
https://imgur.com/hYIxq1a
https://imgur.com/Af7UDJz
They are Camponotus sp. workers.
Why keep ants that aren't found in your yard?
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.

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