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Camponotus laevissimus
Worker in profile (top) and dorsal view (bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. laevissimus
Binomial name
Camponotus laevissimus Mackay, 2019
Synonyms
Formica laevigata Smith, F. 1858 Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, 1858)

Camponotus laevissimus (formerly C. laevigatus), the giant carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to western Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Workers measure between 7 and 13 millimetres (0.28 and 0.51 in) in length. It is generally shiny black with a blue tint, and the body is covered in short white hairs. The species, which is primarily diurnal, tends to make its nests by hollowing out redwoods. It feeds on the pupae of the western spruce budworm.

References

1. ^ "Camponotus laevigatus (Smith, F.)". Navajo Nature. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
2. ^ "Camponotus laevissimus". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
3. ^ Hansen & Klotz (2005) pg. 83
4. Schoenherr, Allan A. (1992). A Natural History of California. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-520-069226. Retrieved 16 August 2014. camponotus laevigatus.
5. Hansen & Klotz (2005) pg. 2

• Hansen, Laurel Dianne; Klotz, John H. (2005). Carpenter Ants of the United States and Canada. China: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-4262-1. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

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