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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Tawny Crazy Ant

Nylanderia fulva

Not Evaluated

About

A small reddish-brown ant that forms enormous supercolonies and is displacing fire ants in the southern United States. They are attracted to electrical equipment and often cause short circuits.

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Did You Know?

They coat themselves in formic acid as an antidote after being stung by fire ants, a unique detoxification behavior.