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Black Compact Carpenter Ant

Camponotus novogranadensis

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 Costa Rica.January 4, February 4, March 15, April 6, May 5, June 3, July 1, August 3, September 0, October 1, November 3, December 2.
United States61
Costa Rica47
Mexico32
Colombia17
Provincia San José13
Provincia Puntarenas13
Panama11
Provincia Heredia8
Quintana Roo7
Brazil7

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