Stats

Lifespan

1-15 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Burrowing

Status

Common

About

These ants live in soil and leaf litter across most of the northern hemisphere. They use specialized tools like bits of debris to carry liquid food back to the nest.

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

Aphaenogaster