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Florida Carpenter Ant

Camponotus floridanus

The Florida Carpenter Ant is a big, black ant that loves to build its home in wood. They work together in groups to find food and keep their nest safe. Watch out for them in your backyard!

生息地: Forests

外見

The Florida Carpenter Ant is a relatively large ant, easily recognized by its reddish-brown head and thorax contrasting with a darker, often black, abdomen. It has a distinctive single, upright node between its thorax and abdomen, and appears robust and somewhat hairy.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraFormicidaeCamponotus
Florida Carpenter Ant
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Florida Carpenter Ant

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

2/5 · 低い

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おもしろい事実

Queens can live for an astonishing 20 years, making them super long-lived insects!

Some ants "farm" tiny insects called aphids to collect their sugary liquid, honeydew.

These ants are mostly active at night, searching for food while others sleep!

They don't eat the wood they tunnel through; they just make homes inside it!

特殊能力

能力

Wood Excavators

Florida Carpenter Ant can carve extensive tunnels in wood that helps them create safe, large nests for their colony.

能力

Pheromone Pathfinders

Florida Carpenter Ant can lay invisible chemical trails that helps them guide nestmates to food sources and new homes.

能力

Formic Acid Defense

Florida Carpenter Ant can spray irritating formic acid that helps them deter predators and defend their territory.

能力

Community Stomach

Florida Carpenter Ant has a special crop to store liquid food that helps them share meals with their entire colony.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
20-40 mm
サイズ
6-20 mm
寿命
365-7300 日
脚の数
6
コロニーの大きさ
10000

食性と食事

They are omnivores, eating sweet liquids like nectar and honeydew, as well as dead insects.

主な食物

  • Honeydew
  • Nectar
  • Fruit juice
  • Dead insects
  • Small invertebrates

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

symbiotic with

Cotton Aphid

Aphis gossypii

They tend these aphids for their sugary honeydew, a valuable food source.

eaten by

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Young alates flying during mating season can be snatched by birds.

shelters

Human

Homo sapiens

They often build nests inside human homes, seeking shelter and food.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

2/5 · 低い

Don't touch ants, as they can bite if they feel scared.

よくある質問

Florida Carpenter Antの翼開長は何ですか?

20-40 mm

Florida Carpenter Antのサイズは何ですか?

6-20 mm

Florida Carpenter Antの寿命は何ですか?

365-7300 日

Florida Carpenter Antは何を食べますか?

They are omnivores, eating sweet liquids like nectar and honeydew, as well as dead insects.

Florida Carpenter Antは通常どこに生息していますか?

Forests

Florida Carpenter Antはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Florida Carpenter Antの脚の数は何ですか?

6

Florida Carpenter Antのコロニーの大きさは何ですか?

10000

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