#3623 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Hairy Carpenter Ant

🇳🇱 Zwarte reuzenmier ·Camponotus vagus

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Dimitǎr Boevski · CC BY 4.0
2. © Philipp Hoenle · CC0
3. © Florian Bayer · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Werner Schuster · CC BY 4.0
5. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
6. 72 Tübingen, Deutschland:© stephan93sn · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Streek-Graaf Kempen, Kasterlee, Antwerp, BE:© Max Devis · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pisa, Italia:© Vincenzo Rizzo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Lednice, Apollo, 690 06 Břeclav-Břeclav 6, Česko:© Tadeáš Jan Vašut · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Verpelét, 3351 Magyarország:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Camponotus vagus is a species of large, black, West Palaearctic carpenter ant with a wide range that includes much of Europe, a large area of Asia, and part of Africa.

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,279iNaturalist 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).