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Argentine Ant

Linepithema humile

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 864, February 748, March 779, April 1,072, May 938, June 690, July 591, August 602, September 764, October 780, November 1,003, December 773.
California14,146
United States12,373
Spain586
Mississippi532
Alabama387
Mexico357
North Carolina342
Nevada329
Portugal310
Texas292

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
GenusLinepithema

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