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Carpenter ant

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Formica
Template:Regnum:Animalia
Template:Phylum:Arthropoda
Template:Subphylum:Hexapoda
Template:Classis:Insecta
Template:Subclassis:Pterygota
Template:Infraclassis:Neoptera
Template:Superordo:Endopterygota
Template:Ordo:Hymenoptera
Template:Subordo:Apocrita
Template:Superfamilia:Vespoidea
Template:Familia:Formicidae
Template:Subfamilia:Formicinae
Template:Tribus:Camponotini
Template:Genus:Camponotus
Species

Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus atriceps
Camponotus variegatus
Camponotus chromaiodes

Carpenter ants are large, black ants (1/4" - 1") indigenous to large parts of North America. They also appear in north east China. They prefer dead, damp wood in which to build nests. t is believed the species of poison arrow frogs that are toxic become so through their diet, which consists in part of carpenter ants.

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Also seen in the Republic of Ireland, Co. Louth, near lakes and streams


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