Camponotus suffusus carrying a pupae through their colony's underground galleries. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Camponotus

is abundant and diverse nearly everywhere in the world. This ubiquitous formicine genus contains our familiar carpenter ants, as well as some tropical weaver ants and desert honeypot ants.

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Camponotus snellingi

Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, USA

Camponotus socius is one of the largest ants in North America. The ant can be readily recognized by the light spots on the abdomen.

Orlando, Florida, USA

Camponotus subbarbatus workers in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA

Camponotus suffusus carrying a pupae through their colony's underground galleries.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Portrait of Camponotus suffusus, a common and rather variable species in southeastern Australia.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Camponotus suffusus

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

A major worker of Camponotus suffusus guards the nest entrance. Although many people think of Camponotus as the wood-inhabiting carpenter ants, many species nest in soil.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Camponotus textor is a new world weaver ant. Here, a pair of workers meet along a foraging trail.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia

A Camponotus textor leaf nest at the edge of a forest fragment in Colombia's Cordillera Oriental. Nests of this weaver ant are constructed from leaves bound together with silk spun by larvae.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia

Camponotus suffusus carrying a pupae through their colony's underground galleries.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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