Camponotus herculeanus

Camponotus • Formicidae • Hymenoptera • other insect groups • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Camponotus herculeanus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Richard Bartz
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus) - (boreal carpenter ant)

The ant attacks trees and wood kept in the open like posts.

Vernacular names
• Deutsch:	Rossameise
• English:	boreal carpenter ant
• Français:	fourmi bicolore

Publications covering Camponotus herculeanus

Norwegian Journal of Entomology (2002) 49, 139-142
Tone Birkemoe (2002)
Structural infestations of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in southern Norway

Molecular Ecology (1995) 4, 257-260
P. Gertsch, P. Pamilo and S.L. Varvio (1995)
Microsatellites reveal high genetic diversity within colonies of Camponotus ants

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  nest in spruce trunk exposed after wind damage