Bicolored Shield Ant

Meranoplus bicolor · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Formicidae

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Bicolored Shield Ant
Photo: Louis Aureglia, CC BY

Meranoplus bicolor is an ant in the Myrmicinae subfamily. It lives across many Asian countries in open grasslands, open-canopy forests, and nests in soil at plant bases. Workers forage on the ground and on plants, feeding from extrafloral nectaries and tending aphids.

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How to recognize it

Meranoplus bicolor belongs to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae.

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Where it lives

It is found in open grasslands and open-canopy forests throughout many Asian nations.

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What it eats

Workers forage on the ground and on plants, exploiting extrafloral nectaries and tending aphids.

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More photos

Bicolored Shield Ant photo 3
Photo: Navapol Komanasin, CC BY

Questions people ask

What do Meranoplus bicolor ants eat?

They forage on the ground and on plants, feeding from extrafloral nectaries and tending aphids.

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Same family (Formicidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meranoplus_bicolor

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