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Shiny Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster laeviuscula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 326, February 312, March 396, April 780, May 411, June 292, July 212, August 185, September 220, October 235, November 306, December 296.
Texas4,941
United States4,562
Oklahoma431
Missouri82
New Mexico69
Arkansas58
Mexico54
Mississippi53
California42
Nuevo Leon42

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyAnts · Formicidae
GenusAcrobat Ants and Cocktail Ants · Crematogaster

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