Pavement ants (Tetramorium semilaeve)
Tetramorium semilaeve · Tetramorium
Pavement ants (Tetramorium semilaeve). Recorded flying from July through August. Reddish-brown head, reddish-brown mesosoma, dark brown gaster. Named for its largely smooth ('semilaeve') dorsal sculpture, smoother than more heavily sculptured relatives.
When do pavement ants fly?
Recorded flying from July through August.
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Queen appearance
Reddish-brown head, reddish-brown mesosoma, dark brown gaster. Named for its largely smooth ('semilaeve') dorsal sculpture, smoother than more heavily sculptured relatives.
fast, erratic scurrying typical of the genus
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: Omnivorous (sugar water, honey, insects, meat, seeds nuts etc.)
Intermediate · Queen ~6-8 mm
Read more on AntWiki →Care data from antkeeping.info (CC BY 4.0).
Habitat
Pavement & buildings · also under stones · typical for this genus
Watch pavement, walls and kerbs for walking queens. Scan stony ground, paths and kerbs for searching queens.
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