[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":390},["ShallowReactive",2],{"species-sheet-\u002Fspecies\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus":3},{"species":4,"profile":262,"countryNames":301,"lookalikes":316,"similar":323,"posts":369},{"id":5,"authority":6,"colonyStructure":7,"confidence":8,"countries":11,"defense":26,"diet":29,"difficulty":32,"dryHumidity":33,"escapeRisk":10,"estimated":34,"experience":40,"extension":41,"finder":42,"founding":43,"growth":44,"guide":33,"hibernation":45,"hibernationMonths":46,"hibernationTemperature":49,"humidity":52,"image":55,"imageCredit":56,"imageHeight":60,"imageWidth":61,"interests":33,"keptSince":33,"legal":62,"lookalikes":65,"majorSize":69,"maxWorkers":70,"meta":71,"nests":72,"nuptialFlightMonths":76,"nuptialFlightTime":78,"nuptialFlightTriggers":79,"polymorphism":81,"queenSize":82,"regions":85,"relatedPosts":89,"reviewedAt":64,"scientificName":93,"sources":94,"stem":246,"subfamily":247,"temperature":248,"tribe":251,"workerSize":252,"__hash__":254,"slug":255,"genus":256,"nickname":257,"aliases":258,"tagline":261},"species\u002Fspecies\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus.yml","(Linnaeus, 1758)","monogyne",{"biology":9,"husbandry":10,"nuptialFlight":9},"high","medium",[12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25],"SE","NO","FI","RU","EE","PL","DE","CZ","AT","CH","IT","FR","CA","US",[27,28],"bite","acid",[30,31],"sugar","insects","4",null,[35,36,37,38,39],"humidity","hibernationTemperature","workerSize","queenSize","maxWorkers","compiled","yml",false,"claustral","moderate","required",[47,48],10,3,[50,51],5,8,[53,54],50,60,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus.jpg",{"author":57,"license":58,"url":59},"Philipp Hoenle (myrmecophil)","CC0 1.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.inaturalist.org\u002Fobservations\u002F82650585",800,1200,{"status":63,"checked":64},"free","2026-10-11",[66,67,68],"Camponotus ligniperda","Camponotus vagus","Camponotus japonicus",13,5000,{},[73,74,75],"ytong","wooden","naturalistic",[50,77],6,"evening",[80,35],"heat","polymorphic",[83,84],14,17,[86,87,88],"europe","asia","northAmerica",[90,91,92],"how-to-hibernate-your-ants","how-to-make-a-wooden-nest","what-to-do-after-catching-your-first-queen-ant","Camponotus herculeanus",[95,103,108,113,118,122,126,130,134,138,142,146,150,154,158,164,168,172,176,180,184,188,192,196,200,204,209,213,217,221,225,229,234,238,242],{"type":96,"title":97,"url":98,"covers":99},"book","Collingwood (1979), Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8: The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, treatment of Camponotus herculeanus (Plazi TreatmentBank)","https:\u002F\u002Ftreatment.plazi.org\u002Fid\u002FBCD076E608289163CF6D412266B4378B",[100,101,102],"taxonomy","biology","distribution",{"type":104,"title":105,"url":106,"covers":107},"reference","AntCat: Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758), valid species","https:\u002F\u002Fantcat.org\u002Fcatalog\u002F432768",[100],{"type":109,"title":110,"url":111,"covers":112},"paper","Schär and colleagues (2018), Journal of Biogeography 45: Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1111\u002Fjbi.13380",[100,102],{"type":109,"title":114,"url":115,"covers":116},"Hölldobler and Maschwitz (1965), Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie 50: Der Hochzeitsschwarm der Rossameise Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002FBF00355658",[117,101],"nuptialFlight",{"type":109,"title":119,"url":120,"covers":121},"Seifert (2019), Insectes Sociaux 66: Hybridization in the European carpenter ants Camponotus herculeanus and C. ligniperda","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs00040-019-00693-0",[100,101,117],{"type":109,"title":123,"url":124,"covers":125},"Seppä and Gertsch (1996), Insectes Sociaux 43: Genetic relatedness in the ant Camponotus herculeanus, a comparison of estimates from allozyme and DNA microsatellite markers","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002FBF01242925",[101],{"type":104,"title":127,"url":128,"covers":129},"Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency): wood-destroying ants, Schwarze Rossameise (Camponotus herculeanus)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.umweltbundesamt.de\u002Fholzzerstoerende-ameisen",[101,102],{"type":104,"title":131,"url":132,"covers":133},"Catalogue of Life: Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.catalogueoflife.org\u002Fdata\u002Ftaxon\u002F68WHQ",[100],{"type":104,"title":135,"url":136,"covers":137},"AntWiki: Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antwiki.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCamponotus_herculeanus",[100,101,102],{"type":104,"title":139,"url":140,"covers":141},"Wikipedia: Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCamponotus_herculeanus",[101,102],{"type":104,"title":143,"url":144,"covers":145},"Wikipedia (German): Schwarze Rossameise","https:\u002F\u002Fde.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSchwarze_Rossameise",[100,101,102],{"type":104,"title":147,"url":148,"covers":149},"Wikipedia (Italian): Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fit.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCamponotus_herculeanus",[101,102],{"type":104,"title":151,"url":152,"covers":153},"GBIF: Camponotus herculeanus (Linnaeus, 1758), occurrence records by country","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gbif.org\u002Fspecies\u002F1312773",[102],{"type":104,"title":155,"url":156,"covers":157},"AntFlights: nuptial flight record of Camponotus herculeanus, Stockholm County, 15 June 2023","https:\u002F\u002Fantflights.com\u002Ff\u002F1541\u002Fnuptial-flight-camponotus-herculeanus-stockholms-lan-sweden",[117],{"type":159,"title":160,"url":161,"covers":162},"careSheet","formicarium.it: Scheda Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formicarium.it\u002Fformiche-italiane\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus\u002F",[163,101,117],"husbandry",{"type":159,"title":165,"url":166,"covers":167},"Ameisenhaltung.de: Artenverzeichnis, Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenhaltung.de\u002Fartenverzeichnis\u002Fentry\u002F180-camponotus-herculeanus\u002F",[163,101,117],{"type":159,"title":169,"url":170,"covers":171},"Ameisenforum.de: Artbeschreibung Camponotus herculeanus (species profile with Seifert data on swarming hours, hibernation and heating)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenforum.de\u002Fviewtopic.php?t=31590",[163,101,117],{"type":104,"title":173,"url":174,"covers":175},"Ameisenhaltung.de: Schwarmflug table of swarming months","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenhaltung.de\u002Fschwarmflug\u002F",[117],{"type":159,"title":177,"url":178,"covers":179},"Antstore: Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antstore.net\u002Fshop\u002Fen\u002Fants\u002FAnts-from-Central-Europe\u002FCamponotus-herculeanus.html",[163,101,117],{"type":159,"title":181,"url":182,"covers":183},"AntsDavey: Camponotus herculeanus, about the species","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antsdavey.co.uk\u002Fproduct-page\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus-queen-with-brood-and-2-7-workers",[163],{"type":159,"title":185,"url":186,"covers":187},"Ant Antics: Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antantics.wales\u002Fproduct-page\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus-carpenter",[163,101],{"type":159,"title":189,"url":190,"covers":191},"Ant Shack: Camponotus herculeanus care sheet","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ant-shack.com\u002Fpages\u002Fencyclopedia-entry\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus",[163],{"type":159,"title":193,"url":194,"covers":195},"Ants R Us: Camponotus herculeanus care sheet (PDF)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.antsrus.com\u002F_files\u002Fugd\u002Fd392ea_0f5617f3d5604961a27e3aa1ebbe65f5.pdf",[163],{"type":159,"title":197,"url":198,"covers":199},"FormicaMarket: Camponotus herculeanus care guide","https:\u002F\u002Fformicamarket.com\u002Fen\u002Fant-database\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus\u002F",[163,117],{"type":159,"title":201,"url":202,"covers":203},"Antkeeping.info: Camponotus herculeanus","https:\u002F\u002Fantkeeping.info\u002Fants\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus\u002F",[101,117],{"type":205,"title":206,"url":207,"covers":208},"forum","Formiculture: Crystals Camponotus herculeanus journal (Alberta, nest and hibernation temperature)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.formiculture.com\u002Ftopic\u002F111-crystals-camponotus-herculeanus-journal\u002F",[163],{"type":205,"title":210,"url":211,"covers":212},"Ameisenforum.de: Camponotus herculeanus keeping report E(n)joy (founding, winter rest in a fridge, inner clock)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenforum.de\u002Fviewtopic.php?t=58131",[163],{"type":205,"title":214,"url":215,"covers":216},"Ameisenforum.de: Camponotus herculeanus, a reset keeping report (founding queen, sugar water, dry wooden nests)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenforum.de\u002Fviewtopic.php?t=63941",[163],{"type":205,"title":218,"url":219,"covers":220},"Ameisenforum.de: Camponotus herculeanus, Maddio keeping experience (winter rest in a garage, arena and colony growth)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ameisenforum.de\u002Fviewtopic.php?t=58459",[163],{"type":104,"title":222,"url":223,"covers":224},"University of Alberta Museums: Camponotus herculeanus, black carpenter ant","https:\u002F\u002Fsearch.museums.ualberta.ca\u002Fg\u002F2-38508",[100,102],{"type":104,"title":226,"url":227,"covers":228},"AntKeepers: Camponotus herculeanus, Hercules ant","https:\u002F\u002Fantkeepers.com\u002Fpages\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus-carpenter-ant",[100,101],{"type":104,"title":230,"url":231,"covers":232},"EU list of invasive alien species of Union concern (Implementing Regulation 2016\u002F1141, consolidated)","https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Feli\u002Freg_impl\u002F2016\u002F1141\u002Foj",[233],"legal",{"type":104,"title":235,"url":236,"covers":237},"Bundesartenschutzverordnung (BArtSchV), Anlage 1: protected species in Germany","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gesetze-im-internet.de\u002Fbartschv_2005\u002Fanlage_1.html",[233],{"type":104,"title":239,"url":240,"covers":241},"MITECO: Spanish Catalogue of Invasive Alien Species, arthropods","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.miteco.gob.es\u002Fes\u002Fbiodiversidad\u002Ftemas\u002Fconservacion-de-especies\u002Fespecies-exoticas-invasoras\u002Fce_eei_artropodos_nc.aspx",[233],{"type":104,"title":243,"url":244,"covers":245},"Japan Ministry of the Environment: designated invasive alien species under the Invasive Alien Species Act","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.env.go.jp\u002Fnature\u002Fintro\u002F2outline\u002Flist.html",[233],"species\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus","Formicinae",[249,250],18,25,"Camponotini",[77,253],11,"eyfWSppIHN1UArCGmWKneNKDzNb-l1UQ5qRp_hAhaLY","camponotus-herculeanus","Camponotus","Hercules ant",[259,260],"Black carpenter ant","Hercules carpenter ant","A cold-hardy black giant of northern conifer forests that carves its nest into old stumps and standing trees.",{"id":263,"title":264,"aliases":258,"body":265,"description":269,"extension":272,"faqs":273,"identification":283,"language":284,"meta":285,"navigation":286,"nickname":257,"notes":287,"path":298,"seo":299,"stem":246,"tagline":261,"__hash__":300},"speciesProfiles\u002Fspecies\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus.md","Camponotus Herculeanus",{"type":266,"value":267,"toc":268},"minimark",[],{"title":269,"searchDepth":270,"depth":270,"links":271},"",2,[],"md",[274,277,280],{"question":275,"answer":276},"Does Camponotus herculeanus really live on three continents?","Yes. Genetic work has confirmed it as one of only three ant species with a truly Holarctic range, together with Formica gagatoides and Leptothorax acervorum. It lives in the mountains of Europe and across northern Eurasia from Norway to eastern Siberia, and in Canada and the United States. In Europe it is typically a species of cool, shaded conifer forest.",{"question":278,"answer":279},"Does Camponotus herculeanus eat wood?","No, wood is only building material. The workers chew galleries and chambers into rotting stumps and logs and into the heartwood of standing trees, mostly conifers, and they live on honeydew from aphids, plant sap and small insects. In a formicarium they need sugar and insects, never wood.",{"question":281,"answer":282},"Why does a Camponotus herculeanus colony keep winged queens and males over the winter?","The winged queens and males are produced in late summer, but the nuptial flight only happens the next spring or early summer, so they wait in the nest through the cold months. Winged ants in a colony that is resting for the winter are therefore normal, and the lid should stay closed once they appear.","Large workers with a black head and gaster and a dull dark red to reddish-black thorax and legs. Compared with Camponotus ligniperda they look stockier and duller, with little or no red on the gaster, and they favor colder, higher and shadier woods, but the two are hard to tell apart by eye with certainty.","en",{},true,[288,291,294,296],{"kind":289,"text":290},"tip","Keep the nest on the cool side and add only a small warm spot, such as a heat cable under one end. The colony moves its brood to the warmth by itself, and constant heat is not needed for this northern species.",{"kind":292,"text":293},"watchOut","Wooden nests dry out easily. One keeper lost a whole season when colonies in dry wooden nests stagnated and ate their brood, so give every wooden nest a damp chamber or a water supply.",{"kind":289,"text":295},"Wrap the test tube and avoid casting shadows over it, because some founding queens react sharply to changes in light and to vibrations. Do not panic if the queen briefly walks out to drink sugar water, as keepers have seen founding queens do this and still raise their first workers.",{"kind":292,"text":297},"Plan for those jaws. Workers can slowly bore into soft nest walls, and one keeper's queen chewed through a cotton ball and half a foam plug, so use firm stoppers and sturdy nest material.","\u002Fspecies\u002Fcamponotus-herculeanus",{"description":269},"uOfbGlAo5MfkCTopHEZpqoIhFz3CdQRtCAmjxt-7Xqc",[302,303,304,305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,313,314,315],"Austria","Canada","Czechia","Estonia","Finland","France","Germany","Italy","Norway","Poland","Russia","Sweden","Switzerland","United States",[317,319,321],{"name":66,"slug":318},"camponotus-ligniperda",{"name":67,"slug":320},"camponotus-vagus",{"name":68,"slug":322},"camponotus-japonicus",[324,340,355],{"slug":318,"scientificName":66,"genus":256,"nickname":325,"aliases":326,"tagline":328,"image":329,"experience":40,"guide":33,"difficulty":32,"workerSize":330,"majorSize":83,"queenSize":331,"temperature":333,"hibernation":45,"hibernationTemperature":335,"hibernationBand":336,"sizeClass":337,"founding":43,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":338},"Brown-black carpenter ant",[327],"European carpenter ant","One of Europe's biggest ants, a glossy red-and-black giant that lives by its own slow seasonal clock.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fcamponotus-ligniperda.jpg",[77,47],[332,249],16,[334,250],20,[50,51],"cold","large",[86,339],"middleEast",{"slug":320,"scientificName":67,"genus":256,"nickname":341,"aliases":342,"tagline":343,"image":344,"experience":40,"guide":33,"difficulty":345,"workerSize":346,"majorSize":69,"queenSize":348,"temperature":349,"hibernation":45,"hibernationTemperature":352,"hibernationBand":336,"sizeClass":337,"founding":43,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":353},"Hairy carpenter ant",[],"A fast, hairy, matte-black giant that sprints over sun-baked deadwood and bullies its neighbors at the food.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fcamponotus-vagus.jpg","5",[77,347],12,[83,332],[350,351],22,28,[50,47],[86,354,87],"northAfrica",{"slug":356,"scientificName":357,"genus":256,"nickname":269,"aliases":358,"tagline":359,"image":360,"experience":40,"guide":33,"difficulty":32,"workerSize":361,"majorSize":332,"queenSize":362,"temperature":363,"hibernation":365,"hibernationTemperature":366,"hibernationBand":367,"sizeClass":337,"founding":43,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":368},"camponotus-barbaricus","Camponotus barbaricus",[],"A shy, mostly nocturnal giant of the western Mediterranean that starts slowly, then grows into a huge colony once it has real warmth.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fcamponotus-barbaricus.jpg",[77,347],[332,249],[250,364],30,"recommended",[347,249],"mild",[86,354],[370,377,384],{"id":371,"title":372,"description":373,"image":374,"categoryText":375,"path":376},"blog\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants.md","How To Hibernate Your Ants - Hibernation Tutorial","In this guide, we’re going to talk about hibernation: What is it? Why do ants need hibernation? Should I hibernate my ants? Let's see!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_hibernation_guide.png","Ant Keeping Basics","\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants",{"id":378,"title":379,"description":380,"image":381,"categoryText":382,"path":383},"blog\u002Fhow-to-make-a-wooden-nest.md","How to Make a Wooden Nest - Ant Keeping Tutorial","In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a wooden nest for your ant colonies! This type of nest is perfect for species that love wood!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_wooden_nest_tutorial.png","Tutorials & D.I.Y.","\u002Fhow-to-make-a-wooden-nest",{"id":385,"title":386,"description":387,"image":388,"categoryText":375,"path":389},"blog\u002Fwhat-to-do-after-catching-your-first-queen-ant.md","What To Do After Catching Your First Queen Ant!","In this short guide, you’re going to learn what steps you need to take after catching your very first queen ant! Let's get into it!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbrumaants_miniatura_what_to_do_after_catching_a_queen_ant.png","\u002Fwhat-to-do-after-catching-your-first-queen-ant",1791900223071]