Discerning a sense of size from macro photographs is hard. Camponotus intrepidus, for example, is one of Australiaβs largest sugar ants at slightly under an inch long.
But did you see the little Pheidole ant at her heels?
The distinctively-patterned Caribbean Banded Carpenter Ant, Camponotus zonatus. Panama.
Another gem from the archives that I'd missed on the first round through. Camponotus aeneopilosus, the golden-tailed sugar ant, carrying a pupa through the brood nest. Victoria, Australia, 2012.
A colony of aphids tended by a Camponotus noveboracensis carpenter ant. South Bristol, New York.
If you were going to learn just one genus of ants, you'd want to do Camponotus, which includes the familiar carpenter ants of the northern hemisphere, but many others too.
Abundant on every continent, diverse, and ecologically important.
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https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus
Im Apfelbaum wohnt eine #Camponotus Art und mindestens eine #Dolichoderus quadripunctatus Kolonie, die hierzulande wohl mittlerweile recht selten sind.
If you are starting to learn ants, this should be your first genus: Camponotus. They are found everywhere in the world, there are a lot of ecologically important species, and you'll always have a point of familiarity in any fauna.
The genus includes North America's common carpenter ants.
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https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus
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The banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus) is a species of ant endemic to Australia. A member of the genus Camponotus in the subfamily Formicinae, it was described by German entomologist Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1842. Its common name refers to the ant's preference for sweet food and the distinctive orange-brown band around its...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_sugar_ant
This Australian sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus) warns us to avoid approaching her nest too closely. Melbourne, Australia.
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