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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 454 No. 454 |

Four-Spotted Odorous Ant
Four-Spotted Odorous Ant (Dolichoderus quadripunctatus) – species of subfamily “Odorous Ants“

Dolichoderus quadripunctatus is a species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Linnaeus in 1771, the species is endemic all over Europe and Asia.

Ancestry Graph

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Explained as easy as pie — How insects communicate with their environment

„Four-Spotted Odorous Ant“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily