Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Japanese Queenless Ant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tetramorium grassii
- Aphaenogaster occidentalis
- Tetramorium tsushimae
- Tetramorium immigrans
- Aphaenogaster rudis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Pristomyrmex
- Species
- Pristomyrmex punctatus
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