#3622 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Brown-black Carpenter Ant

🇳🇱 Gewone reuzenmier ·Camponotus ligniperda

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Camponotus ligniperda , the brown-black carpenter ant , is a common species of carpenter ant distributed widely throughout Europe. Found in a variety of woodland habitats, they commonly nest on the ground in dry tree stumps, dead fallen trees, or beneath stones and wooden logs that are partially buried. C. ligniperda is an ecologically dominant species wherever it is found due to both its large size and particularly aggressive nature.

base stats

NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,890iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).