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Odorous House Ant

Tapinoma sessile

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 179, February 155, March 162, April 201, May 195, June 178, July 123, August 125, September 159, October 162, November 208, December 161.
United States19,916
Canada3,827
California1,972
New York1,380
Ontario1,372
Virginia1,109
Colorado1,081
Pennsylvania1,063
Mississippi827
Maryland806

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
GenusTapinoma

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