Crazy Ant
Distinctive Qualities
- One node
- One size worker: 1/8 inch (3 to 3.5mm)
- Uneven thorax
- 12 antennal segments, no antennal club
- Circle of hairs on tip of abdomen
- Dark brow or black coloration
Tip: Extremely long legs and antennae. The first segment of antennae
are more than twice as long as the head. Crazy ants get their name from
their habit of running about very erratically with no apparent sense of
direction.
Scientific Classification
| Kingdom |
Animalia |
| Phylum |
Anthropoda |
| Class |
Insecta |
| Order |
Hymenoptera |
| Family |
Formicidae |
| Subfamily |
Formicinae |
| Tribe |
Camponotini |
| Genus |
Camponotus |
