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Central European Bicolored Ant

Lasius emarginatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 6, February 44, March 116, April 299, May 211, June 140, July 135, August 98, September 31, October 26, November 13, December 10.
United States1,491
France1,129
New York1,074
New Jersey724
Italy699
Austria435
Hungary309
Nord-Ovest294
Germany281
Île-de-France264

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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