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Taschenberg's Odorous Ant

Dolichoderus taschenbergi

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Manitoba.January 3, February 3, March 3, April 11, May 27, June 28, July 21, August 14, September 11, October 7, November 3, December 3.
United States578
Canada404
Manitoba135
Ontario81
New York76
Massachusetts59
Quebec57
Nova Scotia55
Minnesota44
New Brunswick44

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

Sources

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