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2 unusual facts about carpenter ant


Animal suicide

Carpenter ants and some species of termite will rupture glands in a process called autothysis.

Great Army of the Ant-Men

So far the Ant Queen and Carpenter ant are the most powerful of them all and it's possible if the Ant Queen is impregnated by a superhuman mutant, she will conceive a new generation of hybrid ant-men with their male progenitor's abilities.


Southern tamandua

They locate their food by scent, and prey on a wide range of species, including army ants, carpenter ants, and Nasutitermes.


see also

C. darwinii

Camponotus darwinii, Forel, 1886, a carpenter ant species in the genus Camponotus

Cornutia obovata

The nectar of the flowers on cultivated specimens is harvested by the carpenter ant Camponotus abdominalis var.