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Uncertain Field Ant

Formica incerta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 15, February 13, March 16, April 26, May 48, June 22, July 18, August 20, September 20, October 20, November 15, December 14.
United States1,119
Massachusetts247
New York186
Canada120
Ontario114
New Jersey92
Virginia73
Maryland70
Rhode Island65
Connecticut53

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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