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Hawaiian Carpenter Ant

Camponotus variegatus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 31, February 26, March 32, April 30, May 22, June 28, July 28, August 30, September 17, October 21, November 25, December 30.
Hawaii397
United States264
Taiwan3
China2
Taiwan Province2
Philippines1
Sri Lanka1
Calabarzon1
Pingtung County1
Taitung County1

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hawaiian Carpenter Ant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.