Larger citronella ant
Lasius interjectus
The larger citronella ant is a yellow ant from the United States. Its other name is the larger yellow ant. It is a cousin of the common black garden ants.
Lives in
The United States
What does it eat?
Ants like it live mostly underground and drink sweet honeydew made by tiny bugs on plant roots.
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)
Larger citronella ant about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It was first described in 1866.
2
It used to be placed in a different group of ants called Acanthomyops.
3
It is a native ant of the United States.
you asked
Most asked questions about Larger citronella ant
?What is a citronella ant?
It is a yellow ant. Citronella ants are named for their lemony smell.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lasius interjectus
- Named by
- Mayr, 1866
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Larger yellow ant
Where the facts come from
- Lasius interjectus (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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