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title: "Hairy Carpenter Ant"
description: "Camponotus vagus — Insectos y arañas. Camponotus vagus is a species of large, black carpenter ant with a wide range that includes much of Europe, a large area of Asia, and part of Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/hairy-carpenter-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Hairy Carpenter Ant

> Camponotus vagus — Insectos y arañas. Camponotus vagus is a species of large, black carpenter ant with a wide range that includes much of Europe, a large area of Asia, and part of Africa.

- Scientific name: *Camponotus vagus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 10173
- Wikidata: [Q1566538](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566538)
- iNaturalist taxon: [343182](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343182)

## Names

- en: Hairy Carpenter Ant
- de: Haarige Holzameise
- fr: Fourmi charpentière
- nl: Zwarte reuzenmier

## Countries with the most observations

IT (2106), FR (1769), HU (817), RU (785), UA (722), AT (687), HR (486), ES (223), GR (171), SK (155), SI (116), RO (114)

## Summary

Camponotus vagus is a species of large, black carpenter ant with a wide range that includes much of Europe, a large area of Asia, and part of Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camponotus_vagus

## Photo

![Hairy Carpenter Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hairy-carpenter-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86741208

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hairy-carpenter-ant?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).