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Common Citronella Ant

Lasius claviger

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 44, February 46, March 72, April 141, May 271, June 127, July 96, August 86, September 238, October 74, November 86, December 42.
United States5,198
Canada1,178
Ontario1,137
New York1,005
Virginia507
North Carolina479
Maryland419
Massachusetts308
Pennsylvania299
New Jersey298

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
GenusCitronella Ants, Fuzzy Ants, and Allies · Lasius

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