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Cherry Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster cerasi

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 12, February 12, March 19, April 37, May 72, June 34, July 25, August 23, September 24, October 20, November 12, December 11.
United States1,814
Canada353
Ontario302
New York236
Ohio157
Michigan148
Illinois140
Massachusetts139
New Jersey103
New Mexico93

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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