Yellow Crazy Ants
Scientific Name:
Anoplolepis gracilipes
How to identify Yellow Crazy Ants
Yellow crazy ants are named after their distinctive erratic, frantic, movements when disturbed. Yellow crazy ants are usually found in large numbers and can be identified by the following features:
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Golden-brown body, with a dark brown abdomen, sometimes striped
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Slender body, usually 4mm long (about half the size of a green ant)
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Long skinny legs
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Long antennae, equal to or exceeding the length of the body (11 segments in total)
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Head is longer than it is broad
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Day and night time foraging (they are less active in intense heat and heavy rain)
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Spray formic acid (do not bite or sting)
