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Longhorn Crazy Ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 64, February 53, March 70, April 104, May 60, June 65, July 64, August 78, September 67, October 97, November 81, December 86.
United States2,681
Mexico889
India857
China635
Texas551
Spain302
Brazil296
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region281
Arizona221
Andalucía209

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
GenusParatrechina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Longhorn Crazy Ant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.