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Asian Needle Ant
Brachyponera chinensis
Brachyponera chinensis, or the Asian needle ant, is a ponerine ant native to areas of Japan and Asia. The species can also be found in the United States, where it is an adventive and possibly invasive species. It is documented from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, though unpublished records place it in Alabama and Tennessee. Sightings have been confirmed as far north as Maryland. The pest species is of growing concern due to ecological...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 367034.