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Tapinoma sessile is a species of small ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant, sugar ant, stink ant, and coconut ant. [1] Their colonies are polydomous (consisting of multiple nests) and polygynous (containing multiple reproducing queens ).
· Odorous house ants are about 1/8-inch long and are fast movers; they smell like rotten bananas or blue cheese when ... · Forget about “repellents” such as tea tree oil or basil essential ...
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant.The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the world, distributed in different biogeographic realms, from the Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical region and Malaysia, to the Middle East, Australian, and ...
According to Michael Skvarla, Ph.D., assistant research professor of Arthropod Identification at Penn State University, one common example found in many parts of the country is the odorous house ...
They are sometimes called ant-like flower beetles or ant-like beetles. The family comprises over 3,500 species [1] in about 100 genera. Description.
Zoomed up photo of a ghost ant worker, taken from a site in East London. The ghost ant is small, with average lengths ranging between 1.3 to 2.0 millimetres (0.051 to 0.079 in) in workers. [2] The antennae composes of 12 segments that thickens towards the tip. [3] The antennal scapes exceeds the occipital border.
Ants first arose during the mid-Cretaceous, more than 100 million years ago, associated with the rise of flowering plants and an increase in forest ground litter. [5] The earliest known ants evolved from a lineage within the aculeate wasps, and a recent study suggests that they are a sister group of Apoidea . [ 6 ]
Carpenter Ant Fact Sheet from the National Pest Management Association with information on habits, habitat and prevention; Carpenter Ants An online supplemental to "Carpenter Ants: Biology and Control" by Laurel Hansen, Ph.D. of Spokane Falls Community College; Carpenter Ants With Wings in House: Everything You Need to Know