Most Camponotus are docile, timid insects.  Not Camponotus floridanus, the Florida Carpenter Ant .  These large red-and-black ants are quick to bite when bothered.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Ant versus finger. (Harpegnathos saltator) 

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University, USA
Ant versus finger. Harpegnathos saltator was one of the first ants to have its genome sequenced.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University, USA
Ant versus finger. Harpegnathos saltator was one of the first ants to have its genome sequenced.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University, USA
Ant versus finger. Harpegnathos saltator was one of the first ants to have its genome sequenced.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University, USA
Ant versus finger. Harpegnathos saltator was one of the first ants to have its genome sequenced.

Laboratory colony at Arizona State University, USA
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