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Liometopum luctuosum

Liometopum luctuosum

The black garden ant is a small, shiny insect that loves to live in gardens. They work together in big groups to find food and build their homes underground.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Liometopum luctuosum is a dark brown to black ant with a distinctive velvety sheen, making it appear soft. Its body is relatively robust with a single-segmented waist (petiole), and it often has a slightly reddish tint on its legs.

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Liometopum luctuosum

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A single colony can have more than fifty thousand ants working together!

If you disturb them, they release a strong, lemony, citronella-like smell!

These ants are often found nesting inside dead wood high up in tall trees!

They are sometimes called 'velvety tree ants' because of their soft, dark look.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Citronella Cloud

Liometopum luctuosum can release a strong, citronella-like scent because of special glands that help them deter predators and warn other ants.

Fähigkeit

Arboreal Architects

Liometopum luctuosum has the ability to construct nests high up in trees because of their strong mandibles that helps them excavate soft wood.

Fähigkeit

Honeydew Harvesters

Liometopum luctuosum can 'farm' tiny insects like aphids because they protect them, which helps them collect sweet honeydew for food.

Maße und Details

Größe
3-6 mm
Lebenserwartung
60-365 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
50000

Ernährung und Fütterung

These ants enjoy sweet honeydew from tiny insects and also eat dead bugs!

Hauptnahrung

  • honeydew
  • aphids
  • scale insects
  • dead insects
  • small arthropods

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

melon aphid

Aphis gossypii

Ants protect aphids for their sweet honeydew.

eats

seven-spotted ladybug

Coccinella septempunctata

Ladybugs prey on aphids, which ants protect.

eats

coast horned lizard

Phrynosoma coronatum

Lizards might occasionally eat these ants.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Be careful not to disturb their nests, as they can bite if they feel threatened.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das größe von Liometopum luctuosum?

3-6 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Liometopum luctuosum?

60-365 Tage

Was frisst Liometopum luctuosum?

These ants enjoy sweet honeydew from tiny insects and also eat dead bugs!

Wo findet man Liometopum luctuosum normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Liometopum luctuosum?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Liometopum luctuosum?

6

Was ist der/die/das koloniegröße von Liometopum luctuosum?

50000

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