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Monomorium carbonarium
Monomorium carbonarium
Insecta
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 2 yrs
Size
Tiny
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Cathemeral
Social
Colony
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America, Europe
Movement
Walking
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Venom
Status
Rare

About

Monomorium carbonarium, the little black ant, is a 1-2mm long ant with a shiny black body. A colony may have more than one queen, and can contain only a few thousand workers.

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
Monomorium
Species
Monomorium carbonarium