Carpenter ants are large ants indigenous to many forested parts of the world.
Camponotus festinatus is a species of carpenter ant that is typically found in the Southwestern United States and northern reaches of Mexico. It is most commonly found around Tucson, Arizona. It lives in the semi-dead branches of palo verde trees found in the area. Camponotus festinatus is an exclusively liquid feeder. These ants can only feed on sap from trees or the juices of a deceased animal. Like most ants, their diet is primarily sugar with some protein. Camponotus festinatus ants are not known to be aggressive except towards other ants. Soldiers will prefer to run from humans rather than be aggressive. In principle, these ants can bite with their mandibles. However, as carpenter ants like these are formicines, they have no functional sting. Instead of stinging, they can use an acidopore to spray formic acid.
Camponotus hyatti is a species of carpenter ant. The species is native to the northern Pacific coast, from Oregon to the Baja California Peninsula. The species is characterized by its five-toothed mandibles and the smooth, shiny appearance of its clypeus, as well as a pronounced metanotal groove, lending the basal surface of the propodeum a distinct convex appearance. It commonly nests in sagebrush, Yucca, manzanita, and oak.
Camponotus sansabeanus is a species of carpenter ant native to the western United States, northern Mexico, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Camponotus sexguttatus is a species of carpenter ant native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. This species is invasive in Florida, Hawaii, and Arizona.
Camponotus planatus, known generally as the compact carpenter ant or short carpenter ant, is one of three Camponotus species that is polygynous, or has more than one queen. It is a species of ant.
Camponotus fragilis is a species of carpenter ant endemic to California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Mexico. It was first described by Theodore Pergande in 1893, subsequently synonymized, then finally revived by Roy Snelling in 2006.
Camponotus mina is a species of carpenter ant native to large parts of northern Mexico, California, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, and possibly Wyoming, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
Camponotus vicinus is a species of carpenter ant widespread throughout western North America; it is found from Alaska, south to Mexico, and east to Texas and Manitoba. Unlike its wood-nesting relatives, C. vicinus is typically found nesting in the soil under stones and other objects.
Camponotus novaeboracensis, the New York carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to the United States, Canada, possibly found in Costa Rica, Malaysia, and invasive in Bermuda.
Camponotus schaefferi is a species of carpenter ant native to Arizona, New Mexico, and possibly Venezuela.
Camponotus dumetorum is a species of carpenter ant native to North America. They are related to other species from the subgenus Tanaemyrmex in western North America such as C. semitestaceus and C. vicinus. C. dumetorum are primarily nocturnal and form nests underground. Like other select ant species native to California, their populations have been displaced with the introduction of Argentine ants.
Camponotus sayi is a species of carpenter ant native to the southwest United States, northern Mexico, and possibly North Dakota, Ontario, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.
Camponotus ligniperda, the brown-black carpenter ant, is a common species of carpenter ant distributed widely throughout Europe. Found in a variety of woodland habitats, they commonly nest on the ground in dry tree stumps, dead fallen trees, or beneath stones and wooden logs that are partially buried. C. ligniperda is an ecologically dominant species wherever it is found due to both its large size and particularly aggressive nature.
Camponotus absquatulator is a species of carpenter ant native to California, Nevada, and Baja California. This species was separated from the Camponotus festinatus complex in 2006 by Roy Snelling.
Camponotus fumidus is a species of carpenter ant native to Mexico, Arizona, Venezuela, and possibly Texas, New Mexico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Chile.
Camponotus pudorosus is a species of carpenter ant native to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Mexico, and Guatemala. Originally described in 1925 by Carlo Emery and synonymized by W. W. Kempf in 1972, the species was revived in 2006 from the Camponotus festinatus complex by Roy Snelling.
Camponotus trepidulus is a species of carpenter ant native to Arizona, New Mexico, Baja California, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, and the State of Mexico.
Camponotus ulcerosus is a species of carpenter ant native to Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Camponotus vafer is a species of carpenter ant native to northern Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona, and possibly Wyoming.
