How to identify it?
Winged Form
Winged type, wings membranous, dark brown veins and stigma visible.
Wingless Form
Head red, with a pair of red geniculate antennae. A pair of black compound eyes. Thorax and abdomen black. 3 pairs of legs attached to the thorax. A pair of sharp spines at the middle of the abdomen. Abdomen teardrop-shaped.

Scientific Classification

Phylum
Arthropods Class
Bugs Order
Bees Family
Ants Genus
Saint Valentine ant Species
Crematogaster scutellaris