Camponotus laevigatus

Camponotus laevigatus or the giant carpenter ant is a species of carpenter ant native to western Canada, the United States, and Mexico.[2][3] Workers measure between 7 and 13 millimeters in length. General coloration is shiny black with a blue tint;[4] this is where its specific name (laevigatus) comes from, meaning smooth or slippery.[2] The body is covered in short white hairs.[4] The species, which is primarily diurnal,[4] tends to make its nests by hollowing out redwoods.[5] It feeds on the pupae of the western spruce budworm.[6]

Camponotus laevigatus
C. laevigatus worker in profile (top) and dorsal view (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. laevigatus
Binomial name
Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, 1858)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Formica laevigata Smith, F. 1858

References

1. "Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, 1858)". GBIF.org. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
2. "Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, F.)". Navajo Nature. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
3. "Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, 1858)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
4. Hansen & Klotz (2005) pg. 83
5. Schoenherr, Allan A. (1992). A Natural History of California. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-520-069226. Retrieved 16 August 2014. camponotus laevigatus.
6. Hansen & Klotz (2005) pg. 2

• Hansen, Laurel Dianne; Klotz, John H. (2005). Carpenter Ants of the United States and Canada. China: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-4262-1. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

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