Odorous ants (Tapinoma glabrella)
Tapinoma glabrella · Tapinoma
Odorous ants (Tapinoma glabrella). Recorded flying from May through June. Small, uniformly blackish-brown body typical of the Mediterranean erraticum-group Tapinoma.
When do odorous ants fly?
Recorded flying from May through June.
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Queen appearance
Small, uniformly blackish-brown body typical of the Mediterranean erraticum-group Tapinoma.
fast, erratic scurrying; raises the gaster over the thorax when disturbed like other Tapinoma
Founding care
Fully claustral: seal her in a test tube setup, somewhere dark and undisturbed. She raises the first brood on her own wing muscles and needs no food or opening until the first workers appear.
Needs a winter diapause: a cool, dark rest period each year.
Diet: Insects, meat, sugar water, honey etc.
Intermediate
Read more on AntWiki →Care data from antkeeping.info (CC BY 4.0).
Habitat
Soil · also under stones · typical for this genus
After a flight, watch bare or grassy ground for wingless queens. Scan stony ground, paths and kerbs for searching queens.
More Tapinoma species
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