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Japanese Wood Ant

Formica japonica

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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 4, March 47, April 183, May 167, June 138, July 93, August 91, September 93, October 66, November 32, December 10.
Japan926
Tokyo456
South Korea268
Kanagawa123
China65
Seoul60
Gyeonggi54
Gangwon53
Hokkaido43
Hyogo Prefecture41

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
GenusWood, Mound, and Field Ants · Formica

Sources

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Practise Japanese Wood Ant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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