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Flying Ant, Top View - Carpenter? - Camponotus castaneus
Copyright © 2006 Elissa Malcohn

Flying Ant, Top View - Carpenter? - Camponotus castaneus
Beverly Hills, Citrus County, Florida, USA
April 19, 2006
Size: approx. 1/2 inch.
Seen around 6:30 PM. This ant and its buddies are currently swarming. Based on the University of Florida description I think this is a carpenter ant (which would likely make it Camponotus floridanus or Camponotus tortuganus), but am not sure. UF says they swarm April through June, so this one is right on time. "The peak foraging hours are just before sunset until two hours after sunset, then again around dawn." (I took this shot about 90 min. before sunset.) "Fondness for sweets" qualifies, too -- I estimate well over 100 covered the window of our local bakery.

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Contributed by Elissa Malcohn on 19 April, 2006 - 9:17pm
Last updated 21 September, 2011 - 1:51pm

Moved
Moved from Carpenter Ants.
Note: Males feed little or not at all after they fly from the parent nest. These at the bakery were attracted to the lights.
… James C. Trager, 21 September, 2011 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

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