Bolton-1995

Guides

• Camponotus snellingi

  Snelling's Carpenter Ant

  Camponotus snellingi is a species of carpenter ant named in honor of the myrmecologist Roy R. Snelling. As a member of the genus Camponotus, it shares the characteristic wood-nesting behavior typical of carpenter ants, excavating galleries in dead or decaying wood rather than consuming it. The species was described by Barry Bolton in 1995. Like other Camponotus species, it exhibits polymorphic worker castes with distinct size classes.

  carpenter-antFormicidaeFormicinaeCamponotusHymenopteraantinsectBolton-1995Snellingwood-nesting-antpolymorphic-workers