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Bog Odorous Ant

Dolichoderus pustulatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 25, February 26, March 25, April 46, May 27, June 18, July 15, August 15, September 20, October 23, November 17, December 19.
United States933
Mississippi277
Canada153
Ontario113
Michigan88
New York78
Illinois61
North Carolina58
Louisiana47
Massachusetts41

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
GenusDolichoderus

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