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New World Black Ant

Formica neogagates

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 18, February 14, March 19, April 37, May 56, June 34, July 32, August 27, September 25, October 18, November 16, December 15.
United States2,115
Canada328
Colorado310
California163
New Mexico155
Utah145
Texas144
New York143
Nevada141
Arizona135

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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