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Black Garden Ant

Lasius niger

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,146, February 846, March 1,326, April 2,086, May 3,007, June 3,279, July 3,509, August 3,017, September 2,215, October 1,654, November 904, December 706.
United States24,792
Alaska23,694
Canada366
Utah270
British Columbia198
California149
New Mexico140
Germany131
Russia126
Hungary117

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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