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Larger Citronella Ant

Lasius interjectus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 22, February 27, March 25, April 40, May 40, June 24, July 19, August 18, September 24, October 23, November 18, December 21.
United States2,676
Canada315
North Carolina300
Ontario283
New York273
Illinois224
Virginia196
Maryland171
Massachusetts123
Pennsylvania120

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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