Common American Thief Ant
Common American Thief Ant
Solenopsis molesta
Insecta
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
About 1 year
Size
Tiny
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Cathemeral
Social
Colony
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
North America
Movement
Walking
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Venom
Status
Rare

About

Common American Thief Ants are the best-known species of Solenopsis thief ants. They are attracted to grease and steal food from other ant nests.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Solenopsis
Species
Solenopsis molesta