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Ochetellus glaber (also known as the black household ant) is a species of ant native to Australia. A member of the genus Ochetellus in the subfamily Dolichoderinae , it was described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862.
Ochetellus is a genus of ants first described by Steve Shattuck in 1992. He placed it in the subfamily Dolichoderinae of the family Formicidae.The ants in this genus are small and black in colour; workers measure 1.75 to 3 millimetres (0.07 to 0.12 in) in length, the males at around 1.6 millimetres (0.06 in) are smaller, and the queens are the largest, reaching 4 millimetres (0.16 in).
Black garden ant with the mandibles of an unindentified creature.. The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, which is found across Europe and in some parts of North America, South America, Asia and Australasia.
The eyes are elliptical and set far back on the head. It has no sting, but the ant can bite and then curve its abdomen forwards and secrete formic acid onto its prey. [2] They are too feeble to harm humans. A characteristic of this ant is the way that the workers move around jerkily in apparently random directions, whence their common name. [1]
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The ketone octan-3-one is seen as the major component of the pheromone complex secreted from the heads of C. peringueyi. [3] The sting or venom gland of other ant species has evolved in C. peringueyi into a gland secreting a smelly and irritant fluid, which, together with the ant's painful bite, is a strong deterrent to predation or attack.
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Bulldog ants are known for being aggressive and defensive of nests, and sting and use their mandibles to fight off attackers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 6 ] Myrmecia esuriens is closely related to M. pilosula , the venomous jack jumper ant , the sting of which is known to be deadly to humans sensitive or allergic to the venom.