Camponotus laevissimus | |
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Worker in profile (top) and dorsal view (bottom) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. laevissimus
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Binomial name | |
Camponotus laevissimus McKay, 2019
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Camponotus laevissimus (formerly C. laevigatus), the giant carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to western Canada, the United States, and Mexico.[2][1] Workers measure between 7 and 13 millimeters in length. General coloration is shiny black with a blue tint;[3] The body is covered in short white hairs.[3] The species, which is primarily diurnal,[3] tends to make its nests by hollowing out redwoods.[4] It feeds on the pupae of the western spruce budworm.[5]