Guinea Ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum
This small reddish-brown tramp ant thrives in warm, disturbed habitats, nesting in soil, under stones, in rotting wood, gardens, greenhouses, and buildings. Workers are omnivorous scavengers and predators, taking sugars, dead insects, and small live invertebrates. In close defense they bite with mandibles and use a functional sting to deliver venom. One notable fact is its success as a human-transported species, allowing colonies to appear far outside their native tropical range.
- Type
- Venom
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Guinea Ant
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