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Eurasian Winter Ant

Prenolepis nitens

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Austria.January 2, February 5, March 19, April 98, May 15, June 3, July 2, August 0, September 10, October 19, November 13, December 4.
Austria190
Hungary183
Croatia148
Pest133
City of Zagreb91
Niederösterreich66
Wien60
Italy55
Nord-Est55
Turkey53

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
GenusWinter Ants and Allies · Prenolepis

Sources

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