Namib Desert Dune Ant (Camponotus detritus)

The Namib Desert dune ant, ''Camponotus detritus'', is a large ant species distinguished by white and black symmetrical stripes and markings on its hairy abdomen. It has an average mass of 45 milligrams . It is classified within the carpenter ant genus, a large group of more than 1,000 known species, many of which are associated with forested habitats in America and elsewhere. However ''C. detritus'' inhabits the hot dry dunes of the hyper-arid central Namib Desert in Southern Africa. Like many.. more