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title: "Yellow Crazy Ant"
description: "Anoplolepis gracilipes — Owady i pająki. The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), also known as the long-legged ant or Maldive ant, is a species of ant, thought to be native to Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/yellow-crazy-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow Crazy Ant

> Anoplolepis gracilipes — Owady i pająki. The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), also known as the long-legged ant or Maldive ant, is a species of ant, thought to be native to Asia.

- Scientific name: *Anoplolepis gracilipes*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 8667
- Wikidata: [Q935471](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935471)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123386](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123386)

## Names

- en: Yellow Crazy Ant
- de: Gelbe Spinnerameise
- es: Hormiga loca amarilla de África
- fr: Fourmi folle jaune
- nl: Hazewindmier

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1045), TW (851), HK (790), ID (730), MY (609), US (604), SG (454), MX (383), TH (357), CN (258), PH (209), MO (208)

## Summary

The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), also known as the long-legged ant or Maldive ant, is a species of ant, thought to be native to Asia. They have been accidentally introduced to numerous places in the world's tropics.
The yellow crazy ant has colloquially been given the modifier "crazy" on account of the ant's erratic movements when disturbed. Its long legs and antennae make it one of the largest invasive ant species in the world.
Like several other invasive ants, such as the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), the big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala), the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_crazy_ant

## Photo

![Yellow Crazy Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-crazy-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256253514

## Machine access

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