Liometopum luctuosum
探検昆虫
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.
生息地: Urban areas
外見
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.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hymenoptera科Formicidae属Liometopum
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
2/5 · 低い
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おもしろい事実
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.
特殊能力
能力
Citronella Cloud
Liometopum luctuosum can release a strong, citronella-like scent because of special glands that help them deter predators and warn other ants.
能力
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.
能力
Honeydew Harvesters
Liometopum luctuosum can 'farm' tiny insects like aphids because they protect them, which helps them collect sweet honeydew for food.
サイズと詳細
- サイズ
- 3-6 mm
- 寿命
- 60-365 日
- 脚の数
- 6
- コロニーの大きさ
- 50000
食性と食事
These ants enjoy sweet honeydew from tiny insects and also eat dead bugs!
主な食物
- honeydew
- aphids
- scale insects
- dead insects
- small arthropods
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
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.
特徴
別名
まだ別名はありません。
コレクション
安全性
危険度
2/5 · 低い
Be careful not to disturb their nests, as they can bite if they feel threatened.
よくある質問
Liometopum luctuosumのサイズは何ですか？
3-6 mm
Liometopum luctuosumの寿命は何ですか？
60-365 日
Liometopum luctuosumは何を食べますか？
These ants enjoy sweet honeydew from tiny insects and also eat dead bugs!
Liometopum luctuosumは通常どこに生息していますか？
Urban areas
Liometopum luctuosumはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Liometopum luctuosumの脚の数は何ですか？
6
Liometopum luctuosumのコロニーの大きさは何ですか？
50000
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