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Carpenter ant (Camponotus).
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Also Known As Formicidae

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Red ant
Black carpenter ant
Queen ant
Honey ant repletes
Yellow meadow ant nests
Ant hills
Worker ants
Red imported fire ants
Worker ant
Acacia ants mutualism
Hear E.O. Wilson talk about his research on how ants determine the death of another
Benefits and dangers of pine resin to ants
Follow the trails of leafcutter ants stripping rainforest foliage to cultivate fungus-based food in their nest
Observe an Eciton army ant colony migrating by night and forming a bivouac nest entirely out of themselves
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Charles Henry Turner.
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