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Camponotus rufipes

Camponotus rufipes

Classification

Class
Insecta

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1,125Argentina · 80Bolivia · 30Uruguay · 10Paraguay · 9France · 1