myrmepropagandist@futurebird@sauropods.win

Camponotus punctulatus is a carpenter ant from Argentina. They make massive mounds in open pastures.

This might sound very pedestrian and boring but it's very odd that a carpenter ant is building mound.

Solonopsis (fire ants) make small mounds and are a real hazard because they sting. Camponotus punctulatus can't sting. Yet these carpenter ants change the landscape.

Very little documentation on these ants. Morphologically they look very similar to other carpenter ants.

A pasture filled with meter high mounds covered in grass.
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Using a hammer someone has opened a mound to show it is full of nest chambers.
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Perfectly ordinary carpenter ant who looks just like ants in my park but who knows how to build massive mounds.
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