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Carolina Thief Ant

Solenopsis carolinensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 24, February 25, March 24, April 44, May 26, June 17, July 14, August 15, September 19, October 22, November 16, December 18.
United States868
Mississippi264
Texas153
Alabama77
Georgia43
Colorado42
North Carolina29
Tennessee22
South Carolina18
New Jersey16

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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