Camponotus laevissimus
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| 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 |
| Subgenus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | C. laevissimus |
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| Camponotus laevissimus Mackay, 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.[1][2] Workers measure between 7 and 13 millimetres (0.28 and 0.51 in) in length. It is generally shiny black with a blue tint,[3] and 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]