Mottled odorous ant
Dolichoderus plagiatus
The mottled odorous ant is a small ant that lives only in North America. Like all ants, it lives in a big family called a colony. It is most common in the warm south-east of the United States.
Lives in
North America, in Canada, the United States and Mexico
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)
Mottled 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 1870, more than 150 years ago.
2
In Canada it lives in New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba.
3
It is common in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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Most asked questions about Mottled odorous ant
?Where does the mottled odorous ant live?
Only in North America: Canada, the United States and Mexico.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Dolichoderus plagiatus
- Named by
- Mayr, 1870
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Dolichoderus plagiatus (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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