Camponotus auriventris
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Classification: | Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Hymenoptera | Family: Formicidae | Genus: Camponotus |

The nest of this ant is underground. Below picture shows the entrance of the nest on the ground.

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Below is probably the winged version.

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The ant builds its nest underground with a small entrance at the surface of the soil. A fresh sand hill can be found just outside the entrance with the worker ants seen carrying sands out from the entrance and dumping them on the sand hill.

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