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stored with the wings and bodies of winged termites which they collect in 
great quantity; the worker-majors carry the worker-minors when on 
the march. 
Camponotus compressus, Fabr., is the familiar black ant of India, the 
large worker-majors coming into houses. Nests are usually in the soil 
at the foot of a tree but occasionally in a wall. They visit Aphides, 
Membracids and Coccids and also feed freely upon termites if a nest or 
gallery is exposed. The winged sexual individuals fly at dusk on warm 
still evenings in the rains and are frequently to be seen at light. 
Fig. 135.— Oecophylla smaragdina ; queen watching over larvae, 
WHEN COMMENCING TO FOUND A NEW NEST. 
