Cyphomyrmex wheeleri, the fungus gardening ant, is a species of higher myrmicine in the family Formicidae. As the common name suggests, this species grows a diversity of fungi, including year-round cultivation of Cladosporium cladosporioides, Fusarium solani, and Nigrospora sphaerica.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Wheeler’s Fungus-farming 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
- Mycetomoellerius turrifex
- Strumigenys membranifera
- Trachymyrmex arizonensis
- Strumigenys pergandei
- Cyphomyrmex minutus
- Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Cyphomyrmex
- Species
- Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
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