Bearded Carpenter ant

Camponotus subbarbatus

The Bearded Carpenter Ant is a busy little insect that loves to build its home in wood. They have fuzzy, bearded-looking jaws that help them carry food and build their nests.

Lebensraum: Forests

Aussehen

The Bearded Carpenter ant has a reddish-brown head and thorax, often with a darker, sometimes black, abdomen. Its defining feature is a distinct 'beard' of stiff bristles, called psammophores, located beneath its head. This coloration and beard help distinguish it from other carpenter ant species.

ReichAnimaliaStammArthropodaKlasseInsectaOrdnungHymenopteraFamilieFormicidaeGattungCamponotus

Bearded Carpenter ant

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

A queen ant can live for over 15 years, laying thousands of eggs throughout her life!

Some carpenter ants have different sized workers, like tiny scouts and giant defenders!

These ants use their sense of smell to follow invisible trails left by their friends!

When threatened, they bang their heads against tunnel walls to warn their colony!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Bearded Carpenter ants can carry small particles like sand and food crumbs using the stiff bristles under their head, which helps them clean and forage.

Bearded Carpenter ants excavate galleries in decaying wood using their strong mandibles, which helps them create safe nesting sites for their colony.

Bearded Carpenter ants can spray formic acid from their abdomens when threatened, which helps them deter predators and defend their nest.

Maße und Details

Größe: 6-12 mm
Lebenserwartung: 60-365 Tage
Anzahl der Beine: 6
Koloniegröße: 10000

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are omnivores, munching on sweet plant juices and small insects they find.

Hauptnahrung

honeydew
nectar
tree sap
small insects
insect carcasses

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

cotton aphid

Aphis gossypii

They 'farm' aphids for their sweet honeydew.

eaten by

pileated woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Woodpeckers dig into wood nests to find them.

shelters

white oak

Quercus alba

They nest inside dead or decaying oak trees.

eaten by

red wood ant

Formica rufa

Predatory ants sometimes raid their nests.

Merkmale

Pelzig

Pelzig beschreibt Tiere, die eine dichte Schicht aus weichen Haaren oder Fell besitzen.

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.

Allesfresser

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Ernährung sowohl pflanzliche als auch tierische Bestandteile umfasst.

Werkzeuggebrauch

Dieses Merkmal beschreibt Organismen, die externe Objekte manipulieren, um ein bestimmtes Ziel zu erreichen.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.