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Black carpenter ant male. C. pennsylvanicus can be distinguished from other carpenter ant species by the dull black color of the head and body, and by whitish or yellowish hairs on the abdomen. All castes of this species (including the major and minor workers, queens and males) are black or blackish.
Carpenter ants are generally large ants: workers are 4–7 mm long in small species and 7–13 mm in large species, queens are 9–20 mm long and males are 5–13 mm long. The bases of the antennae are separated from the clypeal border by a distance of at least the antennal scape's maximum diameter.
Camponotus ligniperda, the brown-black carpenter ant, is a common species of carpenter ant distributed widely throughout Europe. [1] [2] Found in a variety of woodland habitats, they commonly nest on the ground in dry tree stumps, dead fallen trees, or beneath stones and wooden logs that are partially buried. [3]
Camponotus laevissimus (formerly C. laevigatus), the giant carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to western Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [2] [1] Workers measure between 7 and 13 millimetres (0.28 and 0.51 in) in length. It is generally shiny black with a blue tint, [3] and the body is covered in short white hairs. [3]
C. vagus, like all ants in genus Camponotus, may be referred to by the English language common name "carpenter ant" but it is known by other names across its range. [1] In the Netherlands, for example, this species is known in Dutch as zwarte reuzenmier, i.e. "black giant ant". [5]
C. inflatus is part of the genus Camponotus, a diverse genus distributed globally containing over 1,500 species commonly called carpenter ants or sugar ants. [4] [5] The species itself is part of the subgenus Myrmophyma, the bladder-head carpenter ants. [6] The worker ants range from 5 to 8 millimeters, but repletes can swell up to 17mm. The ...