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Japanese Pavement Ant

Tetramorium tsushimae

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Japan.January 2, February 2, March 9, April 47, May 31, June 47, July 39, August 40, September 35, October 16, November 3, December 1.
Japan272
South Korea198
United States89
China89
Tokyo84
Missouri48
Gyeonggi39
Illinois37
Seoul34
Incheon31

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
GenusFierce, Pennant, and Pavement Ants · Tetramorium

Sources

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