Camponotus sp. gathering water from a plant stem after a rain. Gamboa, Panama - 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 vitreus

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

Camponotus ulcerosus major worker, showing the enlarged head she uses for plugging the nest entrance.

Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA

Camponotus ulcerosus, major and minor workers

Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA

Portrait of an Andean Camponotus.

Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina

Camponotus sp. major worker.

Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina

Camponotus sp. gathering water from a plant stem after a rain.

Gamboa, Panama

Ants of the Camponotus subgenus Myrmobrachys often walk with their gasters tucked characteristically under their bodies.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil

A new world weaver ant (Camponotus sp.) guards the nest entrance.

Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador

Weaver ants construct their nests by binding leaves together using larval silk. Although the best known weavers are the old world Oecophylla, several Amazonian species in the tribe Camponotini have converged on the same lifestyle. This nest belongs to a Camponotus species.

Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador

Camponotus sp. gathering water from a plant stem after a rain.

Gamboa, Panama

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Keywords: tropical ants insect insects foraging formicidae formicinae camponotus

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