Honeypot ants, also called honey ants, are ants which have specialized workers that are gorged with food by workers to the point that their abdomens swell enormously. Other ants then extract nourishment from them. They function as living larders. Honeypot ants belong to any of several genera, including Myrmecocystus and Camponotus. They were first documented in 1881 by Henry C. McCook, and described further in 1908 by William Morton Wheeler.
Camponotus laevigatus or the giant carpenter ant is a species of carpenter ant native to eastern Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Workers measure between 7 and 13 millimeters in length. General coloration is shiny black with a blue tint; this is where its specific name (laevigatus) comes from, meaning smooth or slippery. The body is covered in short white hairs. The species, which is primarily diurnal, tends to make its nests by hollowing out redwoods. It feeds on the pupae of the western spruce budworm.
Camponotus barbatus is a species of carpenter ant.
Camponotus greeni is a species of carpenter ant. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Camponotus fletcheri is a species of carpenter ant. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Camponotus irritans is a species of carpenter ant. It is found in many Asian and Oceanian countries.
Camponotus maculatus is a species of carpenter ant.
Camponotus mendax is a species of carpenter ant. It is found from India, and Sri Lanka, where the two subspecies are geographically separated.
Camponotus mitis is a species of carpenter ant. It is found from India, Sri Lanka, and China.
Camponotus ominosus is a species of carpenter ant. It is found from Sri Lanka.
Camponotus rufoglaucus is a species of carpenter ant. It is found from many Afrotropical, Indo-Australian, Oriental, Palaearctic regional countries.
Camponotus reticulatus is a species of carpenter ant. It is found from many Afrotropical, Indo-Australian, Oriental, Palaearctic regional countries.
Camponotus sesquipedalis is a species of carpenter ant. It is found from Sri Lanka.
Camponotus thraso is a species of carpenter ant. The type species is found from Sri Lanka.
Camponotus thraso is a species of carpenter ant. It is found from Sri Lanka, and India.
Camponotus variegatus is a species of carpenter ant.
Camponotus wedda is a species of carpenter ant. It is found from Sri Lanka.
Camponotus planatus, known generally as the compact carpenter ant or short carpenter ant,is one of three Camponotus species that is poliginous(having more than one queen), it also is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.
