Carpenter ants (Camponotus herculeanus)

Camponotus herculeanus · Camponotus

Carpenter ants (Camponotus herculeanus). Recorded flying from May through July. Black head, reddish-brown mesosoma, black gaster. Large and robust, black with a reddish-brown mesosoma. Recorded near 53 of the 190 locations Dealate tracks.

When do carpenter ants fly?

Recorded flying from May through July.

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Queen appearance

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Black head, reddish-brown mesosoma, black gaster. Large and robust, black with a reddish-brown mesosoma.

slow and deliberate

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: Insects, meat, sugar water, honey etc.

Intermediate · Queen ~14-18 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

Barrie Calgary Edmonton Greater Sudbury Halifax, Dartmouth Kamloops Kelowna Kingston Lethbridge Montréal, Laval, Longueuil, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, Terrebonne, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Ville-Marie Ottawa, Gatineau, Nepean, Gloucester, Orléans, Ottawa South Québec, Lévis, Sainte-Foy, La Cité-Limoilou Saguenay Saskatoon Sydney Thunder Bay Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Etobicoke, Markham, Vaughan, Kitchener, Oakville, Richmond Hill, Burlington, Oshawa, Guelph, Whitby, Milton, Cambridge, Ajax, Thornhill, Waterloo, Brantford Trois-Rivières Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Newton, Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Langley, Whalley, Delta, Chilliwack Victoria, Saanich Windsor Winnipeg Birmingham, Leicester, Coventry, Nottingham, Derby, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Dudley, Walsall, Mansfield, Telford, Gloucester, Newcastle under Lyme, Solihull, Burton upon Trent, Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich, Worcester Boise Boston, South Boston, Worcester, Providence, Lowell, Cambridge, Manchester, New Bedford Centennial Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Elgin Cleveland, Akron Colorado Springs Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Thornton, Westminster, Arvada, Boulder Detroit, Warren, Sterling Heights Eugene Fort Collins Fresno, Clovis Greeley 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 Madison Minneapolis, Saint Paul Oklahoma City, Norman Philadelphia Portland, Vancouver, Gresham, Hillsboro Pueblo Reno Salem Salinas Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Provo, West Jordan San Diego, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido, Carlsbad, El Cajon, Vista Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Kent, Everett, Renton Spokane Temecula, Murrieta Tri-Cities Tucson Victorville

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