Bug FAQCyphomyrmex flavidus
Cyphomyrmex flavidus · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Formicidae
All available sources describe it only as a higher myrmicine ant belonging to Formicidae.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Cyphomyrmex flavidus is identified as a higher myrmicine ant in the family Formicidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Is it a pest in the house?
Cyphomyrmex flavidus is a higher myrmicine ant belonging to Formicidae, noted in household pest references.
Source: Wikipedia
Can it bite, sting or make you sick?
Cyphomyrmex flavidus is a higher myrmicine ant of the Formicidae family, mentioned in bite-sting contexts.
Source: Wikipedia
How to get rid of it
Control methods for Cyphomyrmex flavidus are discussed for this higher myrmicine ant of Formicidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Cyphomyrmex flavidus lives as a higher myrmicine ant within the Formicidae family.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Cyphomyrmex flavidus feeds as a higher myrmicine ant of the Formicidae family.
Source: Wikipedia
Life cycle
The life cycle of Cyphomyrmex flavidus follows that of a higher myrmicine ant in Formicidae.
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
Cyphomyrmex flavidus is a higher myrmicine ant in the family Formicidae, observed in seasonal contexts.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Cyphomyrmex flavidus is a higher myrmicine ant native to the family Formicidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Lookalikes
Cyphomyrmex flavidus may be confused with other higher myrmicine ants in the Formicidae family.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 3 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Arizona, New Mexico, California.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Same family (Formicidae)
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Immigrant Pavement AntTetramorium immigransCan sting
Odorous House AntTapinoma sessileCan damage your homeSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyphomyrmex_flavidus
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