Camponotus rufipes is a dark-brown ant with reddish-yellow legs and a body covered in fine reddish hairs. Workers of this species measure about 6 mm in length. Nocturnal in habit, they attack beehives and build ground nests shaped like a mound of dry grass, approximately 20–30 cm in diameter.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Camponotus rufipes being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Camponotus
- Species
- Camponotus rufipes
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