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Western Mound Ant

Formica integroides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 19, February 28, March 45, April 61, May 54, June 30, July 20, August 14, September 17, October 18, November 23, December 20.
United States342
California307
Arizona51
Washington27
Nevada14
Canada13
Oregon11
British Columbia10
New Mexico7
Colorado6

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
GenusWood, Mound, and Field Ants · Formica

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