Stats

Lifespan

1-25 years

Size

Medium

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Formic Acid

Status

Common

About

Carpenter ants live in large colonies inside tunnels carved into dead wood. They can lift objects fifty times their own body weight using their powerful mandibles.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Camponotus