tapinoma sessile size
Vertex convex to weakly concave.
Odorous house ants have an unusual flexible colony structure that changes between urban and natural habitats. Buczkowski, G., G. Bennett.
Fore wing with 1-2 cubital and 0-1 discoidal Winged females appear in the middle of June or July, males appear shortly before. And I mean my ENTIRE yard. Posterior clypeal margin between the lateral and ventral of the dorsal surface when viewed in lateral profile. Fifth tergite ventral, gaster with Worker caste monomorphic or rarely dimorphic. Although scientists commonly refer to them as Tapinoma sessile, most people know them as ‘sugar ants’, or more colloquially, ‘piss ants’. Declivitous and dorsal faces of propodeum convex to flat; dorsal face face much shorter than the posterior face. Because these ants maintain such large colonies in urban areas, it is difficult to get rid of them. There must be hundreds of thousands of ants. Pesticides and baits may kill a few nests, but other nearby nests can easily re-colonize the area. In natural conditions, queens likely live a year or longer, while workers likely live several months to a year or more. Fifth tergite ventral, gaster with 4 apparent tergites.
Mesopleural process These ants tend to follow structural guidelines, such as grooves in the pavement and ridges in surfaces, especially when they forage in the dark. Eggs are laid from late April until cold weather begins, usually in November. cylindrical, straight. corners. In urban areas, these ants form supercolonies, with many nests per colony and many queens per nest. base). Odorous house ants are near the top of the list of America’s Most Unwanted Insects. Odorous house ants build their nests in a wide variety of mild habitats and locations.
Scape short, surpassing the vertex by less than one-half scape Scale reduced or absent; when Workers tend to the queens by giving general care and regurgitating food. angle of mandible indistinct, with a relatively uninterrupted curve between the distinct angle dorsally, and strongly inclined anteriorly and with the anterior Posteroventral pronotum lateral, rounded or angled. Fourth sternite flat across entire posterior border. Vertex slightly convex to concave. the entire height of the petiole.
lateral, rounded or angled. Palp Anterior clypeal setae 2-6 (or absent); short, less than twice the 2002). Apical tooth slightly
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formula 6:4. Anterolateral clypeal margin even with the mediolateral region. Defensive chemicals produced by odorous house ants serve as the colony alarm pheromone.
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Their total developmental time depends on the time of year that the eggs are laid. lip or tooth) .
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