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Florida Carpenter Ant

Camponotus floridanus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 36, February 40, March 37, April 54, May 44, June 26, July 22, August 21, September 29, October 32, November 25, December 31.
United States6,294
Georgia395
Alabama218
South Carolina129
Texas55
Mississippi26
North Carolina5
Louisiana4
Tennessee2
Illinois1

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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