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Woodland Fuzzy Ant

Lasius americanus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 100, February 105, March 103, April 188, May 111, June 72, July 60, August 63, September 81, October 93, November 69, December 78.
United States7,272
Mississippi1,122
Canada951
North Carolina713
Ontario621
Georgia569
New York401
Virginia358
Arkansas346
Michigan343

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
GenusCitronella Ants, Fuzzy Ants, and Allies · Lasius

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