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fourmi charpentière [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
Camponotus sp.
Latin
DEF

A large black ant of the genus Camponotus, which tunnels in dead wood, e.g. of stumps and stems, poles and structural timber, excavating large cavities in which the colony lives and rears its young.

OBS

An insect of the order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Camponotus sp.
Latin
DEF

Fourmi du genre Camponotus, dévastatrice des constructions de bois, qui creuse des galeries dans le bois mort pour y installer ses colonies.

OBS

Selon le secrétaire, Comité des noms français d'insectes au Canada, le terme «fourmi charpentière» est à préférer à «fourmi gâte-bois». Le terme latin «Camponotus» a également été confirmé par lui.

Spanish

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