Camponotus (Colobopsis) impressus major worker.

Laboratory colony at the University of Central Florida, USA
Camponotus sp. worker, foraging.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus suffusus carrying a pupae through their colony's underground galleries.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus suffusus carrying a pupae through their colony's underground galleries.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus suffusus carrying a pupae through their colony's underground galleries.

Yandoit, 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 workers tend to eggs deep in the nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus sp. worker, foraging.

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

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
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
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
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