 Introduced Species Summary
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Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)
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Common Name: Yellow Crazy ant, ashinaga-ki-ari, crazy ant, gramang ant,
long legged ant, Maldive ant.
Scientific Name:Anoplolepis gracilipes
Classification:
Phylum or Division:
Class: Arthropod
Order: Himenopterae
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae or Formicine
Identification: Crazy Ant is a scavenger and a generalist conserumer. ...
Current Distribution: A tropical and subtropical species, the Crazy
ant arrived on Christmas Island during years 1915 to 1934, in the
North America ? ... In India and
Hong Kong,the Crazy Ant arrived 1980 while it arrived in Australia
in 1999. ... The gracilipes gets its carbohydrate and amino acids from plant
nectarines, (especially from the Honeydew). ...
The Anoplolepis threatens to change the ecology of the forest ecosystem
and endanger the red land crab on which they feed and devour in the millions.
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