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Brick Honeypot Ant

Myrmecocystus testaceus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Myrmecocystus testaceus is a species of honeypot ant found throughout the western United States and extreme south British Columbia. It is usually nocturnal, and nests in sand. They can spray formic acid from their gasters to melt skin tissue.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 57