Carpenter ants (Camponotus decipiens)

Camponotus decipiens · Camponotus

Carpenter ants (Camponotus decipiens). Recorded flying in May. Dark brown head, reddish-brown mesosoma, dark brown to black gaster. Uniformly convex, spineless thorax profile distinguishes it from armed Polyrhachis sharing its range. Recorded near 67 of the 190 locations Dealate tracks.

When do carpenter ants fly?

Recorded flying in May.

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Queen appearance

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Dark brown head, reddish-brown mesosoma, dark brown to black gaster. Uniformly convex, spineless thorax profile distinguishes it from armed Polyrhachis sharing its range.

quick, jerky movement, largely nocturnal

Founding care

Fully claustral: seal her in a test tube setup, somewhere dark and undisturbed. She raises the first brood on her own wing muscles and needs no food or opening until the first workers appear.

Needs a winter diapause: a cool, dark rest period each year.

Diet: honeydew and insects

Intermediate · Queen ~9-12 mm

Habitat

Dead wood · also under bark · typical for this genus

Check logs, stumps and dead branches for landed queens. Look over dead trunks for queens exploring the bark.

Recorded near

Abilene Atlanta, Athens, South Fulton, Sandy Springs Austin, Round Rock Baton Rouge Beaumont Birmingham Brownsville Cape Coral Cedar Rapids Centennial Charleston, North Charleston Charlotte Chattanooga, East Chattanooga College Station Columbia, SC Columbus, GA Corpus Christi Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano, Garland, Irving, Grand Prairie, McKinney, Frisco, Mesquite, Carrollton, Denton, Richardson, Lewisville Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Thornton, Westminster, Arvada, Boulder Des Moines El Paso Eugene Fayetteville Fort Collins Gainesville Greeley Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point Houston, Cypress, Pasadena, Pearland Huntsville Indianapolis Jackson Jacksonville Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Independence, East Independence Killeen Knoxville Lafayette Lexington, Lexington-Fayette Lincoln Little Rock Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim, Riverside, Santa Ana, Irvine, San Bernardino, Fontana, Oxnard, Moreno Valley, Huntington Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Garden Grove, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Hollywood, Corona, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pomona, Valencia, Torrance, Pasadena, Orange, Fullerton, Van Nuys, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, East Los Angeles, Koreatown, El Monte, Downey, Costa Mesa, Inglewood, West Covina, Norwalk, Burbank, Universal City, Rialto Louisville Lubbock McAllen Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miramar, Coral Springs, Miami Gardens, Pompano Beach, Davie Mobile Montgomery Nashville, Clarksville, Murfreesboro New Orleans, Metairie Terrace, Metairie Oklahoma City, Norman Omaha Orlando, Palm Bay Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach Raleigh, West Raleigh, Durham, Cary Richmond Roanoke San Antonio Savannah Shreveport Springfield, MO St. Louis Tallahassee Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Lakeland, Brandon Tulsa, Broken Arrow Tyler Victorville Waco Wichita Falls

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