last updated 1.Jan.2009

Camponotus is among the most abundant and widespread ant genera worldwide. Members of this ecologically diverse group are found in nearly every terrestrial habitat.  In North America they are best known for pest species like the Eastern Carpenter Ant C. pennsylvanicus, but most species are of little direct economic importance and play important roles as scavengers and cyclers of soil.

Due to the tremendous diversity of Camponotus, I have broken up the image gallery into the somewhat artificial categories of subgenera.
 

Click on thumbnails to enlarge. Images will open in a new browser window. subgenus Camponotus  Camponotus americanus Camponotus americanus Camponotus laevigatus Camponotus laevigatus Camponotus laevigatus Camponotus laevigatus Camponotus modoc Camponotus modoc Camponotus modoc Camponotus modoc Camponotus noveboracensis Camponotus noveboracensis Camponotus noveboracensis Camponotus noveboracensis Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus pennsylvanicus Camponotus quercicola Camponotus quercicola Camponotus schaefferi Camponotus schaefferi [top] subgenus Colobopsis Camponotus papago Camponotus papago Camponotus papago Camponotus papago [top] subgenus Myrmaphaenus Camponotus ulcerosus Camponotus ulcerosus Camponotus ulcerosus Camponotus ulcerosus [top] subgenus Myrmentoma Camponotus essigi Camponotus essigi Camponotus essigi Camponotus hyatti Camponotus hyatti Camponotus hyatti Camponotus hyatti Camponotus hyatti Camponotus nearcticus Camponotus nearcticus Camponotus nearcticus Camponotus sayi Camponotus sayi [top] subgenus Tanaemyrmex  Camponotus castaneus Camponotus festinatus Camponotus festinatus Camponotus festinatus Camponotus ocreatus Camponotus ocreatus Camponotus sansabeanus Camponotus sansabeanus Camponotus sansabeanus Camponotus semitestaceus Camponotus semitestaceus Camponotus semitestaceus Camponotus semitestaceus   Camponotus semitestaceus Camponotus semitestaceus Camponotus semitestaceus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus vicinus Camponotus maritimus [top]