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carpenter ants

  1. Camponotus trepidulus

    Camponotus trepidulus

    A common nightly visitor to my light, a small fossorial black species of carpenter ant. The species epithet 'trepidulus' is a reference to their erratic behavior when disturbed.
  2. Camponotus ocreatus

    Camponotus ocreatus

    The third largest ant in the USA, with really big majors that often exceed 1". This queen is approx. 20mm
  3. MBullock

    A video of my desert carpenter ants

    It's a really simple setup- just a 13 oz delicup filled with pure dune sand, placed into an outworld of.. ..Pure dune sand. The red liquid is a mixture of pure cane sugar, water and blackberry preserves. Ive had them for a while now, the colony is quite mature with several large major workers.
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