Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) planatus showing the gaster-tucked posture characteristic of its subgenus.

Armenia, Belize
Camponotus crassus

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

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus planatus 

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Camponotus mus

Correa, Santa Fe, Argentina
Camponotus mus

Correa, Santa Fe, Argentina
Camponotus planatus is a Central American native that has become a pest along the U.S. gulf coast.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Camponotus mus.  Most species in the cosmopolitan ant genus Camponotus have workers of varying size and proportion in the nest.

Correa, Santa Fe, Argentina
Camponotus planatus is a Central American native that has become a pest along the U.S. gulf coast.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Camponotus planatus is a Central American native that has become a pest along the U.S. gulf coast.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Camponotus planatus is a Central American native that has become a pest along the U.S. gulf coast.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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