Carpenter ants (Camponotus modoc)

Camponotus modoc · Camponotus

Carpenter ants (Camponotus modoc). Recorded flying from April through July. Recorded near 35 of the 190 locations Dealate tracks.

When do carpenter ants fly?

Recorded flying from April through July.

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Queen appearance

fast but deliberate, strongly nocturnal, often seen at dusk on tree trunks

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: honey, sugarwater, fruit flies, crickets, mealworms

Intermediate · Queen ~16-20 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

Calgary Edmonton Kamloops Kelowna 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 Albuquerque Boise Centennial Chico Colorado Springs Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Thornton, Westminster, Arvada, Boulder Eugene Fort Collins Fresno, Clovis Greeley Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Paradise, Sunrise Manor, Spring Valley, Enterprise 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 Portland, Vancouver, Gresham, Hillsboro Pueblo Reno Sacramento, Elk Grove, Roseville, Fairfield Salem Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Provo, West Jordan San Diego, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido, Carlsbad, El Cajon, Vista San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Fremont, Hayward, Sunnyvale, Concord, Santa Clara, Vallejo, Berkeley, Antioch, Richmond, Daly City, San Mateo, Chinatown Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Kent, Everett, Renton Spokane Temecula, Murrieta Tucson Victorville Visalia

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