Summary ²

Tapinoma sessile is a species of ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant,stink ant, and coconut ant. Their colonies are polydomous (consist of multiple nests) and have a characteristic dominance hierarchy system. Like many social insects, T. sessile employs complex foraging strategies, allocates food depending on environmental conditions, and engages in competition with several other insect species.

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1. (c) California Academy of Sciences, 2000-2010, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.antweb.org/images/casent0106028/casent0106028_p_1_high.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapinoma_sessile

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