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Carpenter ants can damage wood used in the construction of buildings. They can leave behind a sawdust -like material called frass that provides clues to their nesting location. Carpenter ant galleries are smooth and very different from termite -damaged areas, which have mud packed into the hollowed-out areas.
Carpenter ants will damage homes by nesting in them. They will dig out tunnels in wood to expand their living spaces which can lead to structural damage. The infestation in the home usually is a satellite colony, with the main one within a hundred yards or more in a stump or other decayed wood.
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Camponotus ligniperda, the brown-black carpenter ant, is a common species of carpenter ant distributed widely throughout Europe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Found in a variety of woodland habitats, they commonly nest on the ground in dry tree stumps, dead fallen trees, or beneath stones and wooden logs that are partially buried. [ 3 ]
Florida carpenter ants were observed cleaning wounds and carrying out leg amputations to save the lives of their nestmates, according to a new study.
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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.
C. vagus, like all ants in genus Camponotus, may be referred to by the English language common name "carpenter ant" but it is known by other names across its range. [1] In the Netherlands, for example, this species is known in Dutch as zwarte reuzenmier, i.e. "black giant ant". [5]