Brown-black carpenter ant
The brown-black carpenter ant is one of the biggest ants in Europe. It has a black head and a reddish brown middle. It nests in old tree stumps, fallen logs and under stones in sunny woods.
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Fun facts
A queen can be up to 18 millimetres long.
When danger comes, workers knock fast on the nest walls with their jaws to warn the others.
It is very brave against other ants and chases them away from its home.
A big colony can have more than 7,000 workers.
In winter it can rest for four or five months without waking up.
Most asked questions about Brown-black carpenter ant
?How big is the brown-black carpenter ant?
Workers are about 7 to 15 millimetres long, and queens up to 18 millimetres.
?Where does the brown-black carpenter ant live?
In sunny woods across Europe, in tree stumps, logs and under stones.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Camponotus ligniperda
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Camponotus ligniperda (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by April Nobile. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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