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Ethiop Carpenter Ant

Camponotus aethiops

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 8, February 19, March 50, April 142, May 120, June 68, July 25, August 31, September 15, October 15, November 10, December 12.
France515
Spain320
Italy282
Occitanie255
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur169
Centro133
Ukraine133
Hungary122
Croatia113
Comunidad de Madrid89

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyAnts · Formicidae
GenusCarpenter Ants, Typical Sugar Ants and Allies · Camponotus

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