Twig ants (Pseudomyrmex ethicus)
Pseudomyrmex ethicus · Pseudomyrmex
Twig ants (Pseudomyrmex ethicus). Flights follow the wet season here rather than a fixed calendar month. Slender, elongate twig-ant queens with big eyes, often bicolored yellow-and-black, wasp-like. Recorded near 2 of the 306 locations Dealate tracks.
When do twig ants fly?
Flights follow the wet season here rather than a fixed calendar month.
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Queen appearance
Slender, elongate twig-ant queens with big eyes, often bicolored yellow-and-black, wasp-like. · typical for this genus
fast and agile
How to catch a queen ant →No founding care data for Pseudomyrmex ethicus yet.
Habitat
In trees · also acorns & hollow twigs · typical for this genus
Scan tree trunks and low foliage for landed queens. Search low plants and leaf litter for wandering queens.
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