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Golden carpentar ant

Camponotus sericeiventris

Description:

5/8 inch long

Habitat:

spotted on stones above mountain waterfall

Notes:

A velvet ant?

1 Species ID Suggestions

Golden carpenter Ant, or Tiger ant
Camponotus sericeiventris Golden carpenter Ant | Project Noah


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2 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

So glad you're here, Jonathan; thanks for the ID. I thought of velvet ant because of its size and the fact it was wandering alone (as velvet ants do).

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago


This is a picture of the larve; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/637...

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Dec 30, 2011
Submitted on Feb 20, 2012

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