The blocky head of a Texas Carpenter Ant major worker houses muscles to operate the powerful, wood-cutting mandibles. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA.
A true Texan, Camponotus texanus is a wood-dwelling carpenter ant found only in central to west Texas and has never been collected outside the state. Austin, Texas, USA.Specimen voucher UTIC00204239.
Male carpenter ants overwinter as adults, ready to fly on warm spring evenings. They are often one of the first ants to hold seasonal mating flights. This C. texanus male arrived to a blacklight sheet in mid-March. Austin, Texas, USA.
