Carpenter Ant

Description:

Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Genus: Camponotus Carpenter ants, are large ants. ( 0.3 to 1.0 inches long. ) They build nests inside wood, consisting of galleries chewed out with there mandibles, preferably in damp, dead wood. They do not consume the wood. Carpenter ants are foragers that typically eat parts of other dead insects, or substances derived from other insects. Common foods for them, include insect parts, 'honey dew' produced by aphids, or some secretions by plants. Most species of Carpenter ants, forage at night. Carpenter ants work to build nests, that house eggs in environments with high humidity. These nests are called primary nests. There are 25 species of Componotus in the United States, and most are native species. There are an estimated, 1,000 species worldwide. This ant had a black head. Below the head, the color was red. The gaster, was also black. It had one petiole node? It had six legs, and two antennae. It had two compound eyes. It had a head, thorax, and an abdomen.

Habitat:

I saw a small ant, moving all around a concrete wall, and moving all around a doorbell, on the outside of my house. Carpenter ant species, reside both outdoors and indoors, in moist, decaying, or hollow wood, most commonly in forest environments.

Notes:

I went outside at 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon. I saw a small ant, moving all around a concrete wall, and moving all around a doorbell, on the outside of my house. This ant had a black head. Below the head, the color was red. The gaster, was also black. It had one petiole node? It had six legs, and two antennae. It had two, compound eyes. It had a head, thorax, and an abdomen.