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Ants are likewise highly abundant and species diverse, particularly in the genera Iridomyrmex, Camponotus, and Melophorus.
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Among the more unusual sweeteners are the honey or honeypot ants species of Melophorus, Camponotus, Myrmecocystus of Australia, Mexico, and the American southwest.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Among the more unusual sweeteners are the honey or honeypot ants species of Melophorus, Camponotus, Myrmecocystus of Australia, Mexico, and the American southwest.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Also in Sabah, carpenter ants (Camponotus species) and subterranean termites (Coptotermes species) have been found forming galleries in the heartwood of young trees, and a Cerambycid wood borer (Xystocera species) has been observed attacking mangium in some localized areas.
Chapter 6 1983
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I found a nest of large carpenter-ants (_Camponotus atriceps_, var. _esuriens_, Smith) which had made their home in fallen timber.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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On the 4th of February I found a large number of the larvæ of the carpenter-ant (_Camponotus meleus_, Say).
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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The formicary of this _Camponotus_ often extends over several square rods, with large entrances at various points, all connected by underground galleries, requiring a great amount of labor to construct them; while each colony of the harvesting-ant has a close, compact nest or formicary, requiring much less work to construct it.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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(_Camponotus socius_, Roger), which lives in the ground, and whose mining and tunnelling are on a much more extensive scale than those of the harvesting-ant.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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The worker major of _Camponotus socius_ is very large -- larger than the soldier of the harvesting-ant.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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I have examined thousands of _Camponotus socius_, and in no instance have I found the teeth worn down.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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