Camponotus laevissimus (formerly C. laevigatus), the giant carpenter ant, is a species of carpenter ant native to western Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Workers measure between 7and in length. It is generally shiny black with a blue tint,[1] and the body is covered in short white hairs.[1] The species, which is primarily diurnal,[1] tends to make its nests by hollowing out redwoods.[2] It feeds on the pupae of the western spruce budworm.[3]