Bed-jacket vs red imported fire ant

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Solenopsis invicta

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while red imported fire ant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	red imported fire ant
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Arthropoda (節足動物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Insecta (昆虫)
Order	Sapindales (ムクロジ目)	Hymenoptera (ハチ目)
Family	Sapindaceae	Formicidae
Genus	Alectryon	Solenopsis
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Solenopsis invicta

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

red imported fire ant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	red imported fire ant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

red imported fire ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Malaysia, Taiwan), Europe (Denmark, Sweden), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Bolivia, Paraguay).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.