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American Winter Ant

Prenolepis imparis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 206, February 211, March 334, April 654, May 1,257, June 589, July 443, August 401, September 422, October 345, November 216, December 193.
United States24,265
Canada5,276
Ontario5,270
California5,000
New York2,648
Virginia1,677
Pennsylvania1,466
Massachusetts1,420
Maryland1,287
Mississippi1,207

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

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