Paratrechina pubens
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| Paratrechina pubens (Forel, 1893) |
Paratrechina pubens is a species of ant of the genus Paratrechina, commonly called the Caribbean crazy ant. These ants are about one-eighth inch long and are covered with reddish-brown hairs. The colonies have multiple queens. An infestation of this species, or a related species provisionally named Paratrechina species near pubens, is ongoing in and around Houston, Texas.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics, retrieved 15 May 2008
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