It's a great idea to give these nearly identical looking ants easy to confuse names.
(I propose the change: Camponotus smooth and beastly red and black carpenter ant vs. Camponotus five-o-clock shadow red and black carpenter ant)
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/myrmepropagandist/133261-let-s-compare-the-major-of-camponotus-decipiens-to-the-majors-of-camponotus-discolor
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