http://imgur.com/a/NnOHj
The ant was caught September 20th, and is about 7-8mm in size. I'm fairly certain she's been confirmed as a C. cerasi, but I feel it wouldn't hurt too much to get a second opinion, if possible. Thanks in advance!
Ant ID northern NJ
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Re: Ant ID northern NJ
Crematogaster cerasi
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Could be linoleta. Let's leave it at Crematogaster sp.Canadiananter wrote:Crematogaster cerasi
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Re: Ant ID northern NJ
I don't see any hairs or even traces of them
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From what I've noticed in the pictures I've taken and from observing her, her gaster region has some hair on it, but the pronotum, and mesosoma in general, is mostly devoid of hair. This seems most noticeable if you click on the last picture in the imgur album.
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Re: Ant ID northern NJ
Crematogaster cerasi has a little hair on their mesosoma, but only 2-4 long hairs. These pictures are a kind of dark, and I'm not sure how well they show off the hairs in the first place, but it is looking like C. cerasi to me.
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