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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Hercules Ant

Camponotus herculeanus

About

A large black carpenter ant of boreal and montane forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Major workers have massive heads with powerful mandibles for excavating wood.

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Did You Know?

They can survive temperatures below minus 20 degrees Celsius by producing glycerol as a biological antifreeze.