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Long-spined Acorn Ant
Temnothorax longispinosus
Temnothorax longispinosus is a species of Temnothorax commonly found in the eastern United States and eastern Canada as well as in British Columbia.
This genus is often adorned with small protrusions from the body towards the gaster and petiole. This species tends to be between 2 and 2.5 mm (0.08 and 0.10 in) in length.
From the article Temnothorax longispinosus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Temnothorax longispinosus tends towards forest habitats. Nesting habits change throughout the seasons, but they generally nest in preformed structures within the leaf litter.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 232368.