Pheidole navigans, also called the navigating big-headed ant or the wandering big-headed ant, is a species of big-headed ant in the Pheidole flavens species group. Native to the Neotropics, it is a widespread invasive species, however its ecological impacts are not considered significant as of 2022. Prior to 2015, it was classified as a synonym of Pheidole flavens, and it was misidentified in its invasive range as Pheidole moerens. As with the vast majority of species within the genus Pheidole, they possess a dimorphic caste system with a major and minor worker.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Navigating Big-headed 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
- Pheidole parva
- Pheidole bilimeki
- Pheidole rugosula
- Pheidole dentigula
- Pheidole pilifera
- Pheidole bicarinata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Pheidole
- Species
- Pheidole navigans
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