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Ghost Ant

Tapinoma melanocephalum

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 15, February 13, March 23, April 71, May 23, June 26, July 11, August 13, September 11, October 18, November 30, December 26.
United States1,140
China280
Mexico252
India200
Brazil196
Texas127
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region117
Louisiana100
Mississippi95
Thailand93

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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