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Southern Fire Ant

Solenopsis xyloni

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 120, February 104, March 112, April 134, May 130, June 112, July 104, August 84, September 106, October 109, November 140, December 108.
United States4,236
California1,321
Texas1,050
Arizona934
New Mexico324
Nevada272
Mexico106
Oklahoma96
Mississippi67
Baja California64

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
GenusSolenopsis Fire Ants and Thief Ants · Solenopsis

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