Bicolored carpenter ant
Camponotus vicinus
The bicolored carpenter ant is a carpenter ant from western North America. Most carpenter ants make their homes in wood, but this one is different. It builds its nest in the soil, under stones and other things on the ground.
Lives in
Western North America, from Alaska down to Mexico and east to Texas and Manitoba
What does it eat?
Like other carpenter ants, it eats small insects and sweet liquids.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Bicolored carpenter ant about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its name says it has two colours.
2
It lives in a huge area, from cold Alaska all the way down to hot Mexico.
3
If you lift a flat stone in western North America, you might find its nest underneath.
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Most asked questions about Bicolored carpenter ant
?Where does the bicolored carpenter ant live?
In western North America, from Alaska to Mexico. It nests in the soil under stones.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Camponotus vicinus
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Camponotus vicinus (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 xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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