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Camponotus herculeanus (or Hercules ant) [1] is a species of ant in the genus Camponotus, the carpenter ants, [2] occurring in Northern Eurasia, from Norway to Eastern Siberia, and North America. First described as Formica herculeana by Linnaeus in 1758 , [ 3 ] the species was moved to Camponotus by Mayr in 1861.
Most male ants are not known to have metapleural glands. It is believed that they benefit from the shared secretions of ant workers and do not need any themselves. [7] Additionally, slave-making ants do not have metapleural glands, though the slave species they use do and it is these ants that groom the slavemakers and their brood. [7]
Carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.) are large ants (workers 7 to 13 mm or 1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 in) indigenous to many forested parts of the world. [ 4 ] They build nests inside wood, consisting of galleries chewed out with their mandibles or jaws, preferably in dead, damp wood.
This is a list of valid species and subspecies of the formicine genus Camponotus (carpenter ants). There are over 1,000 species in this genus. There are over 1,000 species in this genus. Contents
Hercules Ant (Camponotus herculeanus) Ants. Some species of ants can damage books in a way that is similar to termites. [11] Black carpenter ant; Camponotus obscuripes;
Ants that are commonly called pests are red imported fire ants, acrobat ants, big-headed ants, carpenter ants, cornfield ants, harvester ants, larger yellow ant, little black ants, mound ants, spinewaisted ants, and thief ants. [7] It is known that these pest species can survive through Kansas' less harsh winters. [8]
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The word ant and the archaic word emmet [3] are derived from ante, emete of Middle English, which come from ǣmette of Old English; these are all related to Low Saxon e(e)mt, empe and varieties (Old Saxon emeta) and to German Ameise (Old High German āmeiza).