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Little Fire Ant

Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger 1863)

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Wasmannia auropunctata (Little Fire Ant) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family ants. They are native to The Dominican Republic, Martinique, Paraguay, Honduras, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Bolivia, Haiti, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Brazil, Trinidad And Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, Guadeloupe, Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela, Panama, and Virgin Islands, U.s.. They visit flowers of wild leadwort, Spermacoce assurgens, Justicia galapagana, and Cordia lutea. They are diurnal.

URI: http://www.geonames.org/3508796

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

mutualistic with
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002442
- Definition: An interaction relationship between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association in a relationship in which both organisms benefit from each other
- Attribution: Arctic Lichen Ecology
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Capsicum frutescens
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Orasema minutissima Howard 1894
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Eciton vagans (Olivier 1792)
behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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diurnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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clearing
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000444
- Definition: An open area in a forest.
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Musa acuminata Colla (edible banana)
native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Peru
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3932488
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visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Isachne conferta
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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ocelli
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758
- Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens
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wing morphology
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WingMorphology
- Definition: Qualities pertaining to the size, shape or structure of the wing.
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secondarily apterous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/secondarilyApterous
- Definition: The absence of wings in organisms that are descended from winged ancestors.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Little Fire Ant. View this species on GBIF

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Little Fire Ant includes 7 children: