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.
Camponotus textor is a new world weaver ant. Here, a pair of workers meet along a foraging trail. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A Camponotus textor leaf nest at the edge of a forest fragment in Colombia's Cordillera Oriental. Nests of this weaver ant are constructed from leaves bound together with silk spun by larvae. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
