Pitch-black collared ant
Aphaenogaster picea
The pitch-black collared ant is a dark ant from the woods of North America. Its name tells you it is very dark, almost as black as tar. It is a slim ant with long legs.
Lives in
North America, in woods
What does it eat?
Like most ants, it collects all kinds of food for its nest, such as small dead insects and seeds.
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)
Pitch-black collared ant about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Scientists divide it into two subspecies.
2
It was first described in 1908.
3
"Pitch" is an old word for black, sticky tar, which is where its name comes from.
you asked
Most asked questions about Pitch-black collared ant
?Why is it called pitch-black?
Because it is very dark, almost as black as tar.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aphaenogaster picea
- Named by
- Wheeler, 1908
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Aphaenogaster picea (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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