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Shaded Fuzzy Ant

Lasius aphidicola

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 13, February 13, March 21, April 42, May 80, June 37, July 28, August 25, September 27, October 22, November 14, December 12.
United States2,349
Canada449
Ontario335
Virginia311
New York274
Maryland268
Michigan158
Pennsylvania125
West Virginia122
Mississippi118

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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