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Carpenter ant

Camponotus castaneus

Photo by Maria dB
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Description:

Carpenter ants are foragers that typically eat parts of other dead insects or substances derived from other insects. Common foods for them include insect parts, "honey dew" produced by aphids, or some secretions from plants. Carpenter ants can increase the survivability of aphids when they attend to them. They attend to any aphid species, but can also express preference for specific ones

Habitat:

Mason Farm Biological Reserve

Reference Links:

Carpenter ant, Species Camponotus castaneus - BugGuide.Net

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Animals of North Carolina
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Morphed Organism ID
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Mason Farm Biological Reserve
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedSeptember 27, 2014

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