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title: "Graceful Twig Ant"
description: "Pseudomyrmex gracilis — Owady i pająki. Pseudomyrmex gracilis, also known as the graceful twig ant, Mexican twig ant, slender twig ant, or elongated twig ant, is a large, slender species of ant native to Mexico and arid parts of the US."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/graceful-twig-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Graceful Twig Ant

> Pseudomyrmex gracilis — Owady i pająki. Pseudomyrmex gracilis, also known as the graceful twig ant, Mexican twig ant, slender twig ant, or elongated twig ant, is a large, slender species of ant native to Mexico and arid parts of the US.

- Scientific name: *Pseudomyrmex gracilis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna), `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 10290
- Wikidata: [Q5367146](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367146)
- iNaturalist taxon: [300301](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/300301)

## Names

- en: Graceful Twig Ant
- es: Hormiga ramita mexicana

## Countries with the most observations

US (6852), MX (1507), CR (73), PA (29), HN (19), CO (12), BZ (10), NI (9), JM (7), AR (5), GT (5), BR (4)

## Summary

Pseudomyrmex gracilis, also known as the graceful twig ant, Mexican twig ant, slender twig ant, or elongated twig ant, is a large, slender species of ant native to Mexico and arid parts of the US. The workers are about 8–10 millimeters (0.31–0.39 in) in length and generally wasp-like in appearance and style of movement. Worker ants are bi-colored; the head and gaster are dark, while the antennae, mouthparts, thorax and legs are dull orange with dark shading. They often may be seen on vegetation, foraging for live insects or collecting honeydew from sap-sucking insects.
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Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomyrmex_gracilis

## Photo

![Graceful Twig Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/graceful-twig-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Michael W Belitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58903996

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/graceful-twig-ant?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).