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Winnow Ant

Aphaenogaster rudis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 40, February 43, March 47, April 77, May 100, June 84, July 40, August 39, September 47, October 43, November 36, December 37.
United States5,171
Virginia599
Maryland588
Massachusetts549
New York477
North Carolina316
Canada283
New Jersey262
Ontario245
Tennessee229

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
GenusCollared Ants · Aphaenogaster

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