Carpenter Ant, species Camponotus decipiens
Ants in the genus Camponotus are collectively known as carpenter ants because some species nest in wood, including man-made structure. This genus includes some of the largest and most common ants in the world, and they are found in all biogeographical regions. More than 900 species of Camponotus are known worldwide, with 50 species reported from the United States, and 20 species found east of the Mississippi River.
Species in this genus are variable in size with workers ranging in size from 3 to 15 mm or more in length and queens (also referred to as females) of some species attaining a length of 19 mm or more. Many species are polymorphic.
This species typically has relatively small colonies with less than 100 workers and at most a few hundred workers. They often nests in galleries created by other insects (including carpenter ants in the subgenus Colobopsis) in twigs and branches of trees, in insect galls, in cavities in the stalks of plants, in large seed pods, under bark of trees, in logs and stumps, wooden posts, and in houses. Small and nocturnal, this species often goes unnoticed.
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Carpenter Ant, species Camponotus decipiens
Ants in the genus Camponotus are collectively known as carpenter ants because some species nest in wood, including man-made structure. This genus includes some of the largest and most common ants in the world, and they are found in all biogeographical regions. More than 900 species of Camponotus are known worldwide, with 50 species reported from the United States, and 20 species found east of the Mississippi River.
Species in this genus are variable in size with workers ranging in size from 3 to 15 mm or more in length and queens (also referred to as females) of some species attaining a length of 19 mm or more. Many species are polymorphic.
This species typically has relatively small colonies with less than 100 workers and at most a few hundred workers. They often nests in galleries created by other insects (including carpenter ants in the subgenus Colobopsis) in twigs and branches of trees, in insect galls, in cavities in the stalks of plants, in large seed pods, under bark of trees, in logs and stumps, wooden posts, and in houses. Small and nocturnal, this species often goes unnoticed.
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