Taschenberg's odorous ant
Dolichoderus taschenbergi
Taschenberg's odorous ant is a small ant from North America. It lives in a busy family called a colony, like all ants. It is not found everywhere but pops up here and there in scattered spots.
Lives in
Canada and the United States
What does it eat?
Like most ants, it eats a mix of small insects and sweet juices.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Taschenberg's odorous ant about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
A scientist named Mayr described it in 1866, more than 150 years ago.
2
One nest may have more than one queen, but scientists are not sure yet.
3
Nobody has studied it very closely, so there is still a lot to discover about how its colonies start.
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Most asked questions about Taschenberg's odorous ant
?Where does Taschenberg's odorous ant live?
Only in Canada and the United States, in scattered places.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Dolichoderus taschenbergi
- Named by
- Mayr, 1866
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Dolichoderus taschenbergi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by April Nobile. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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