Pennsylvania Ant ID?
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Pennsylvania Ant ID?
She's roughly half a centimeter long, caught around 3PM on May 22nd in western Pennsylvania. Any ideas what she is? (She does have wings; it's just hard to see them from this angle.)
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Re: Pennsylvania Ant ID?
I would guess it is some sort of a wingless male or a wasp. The shape of the abdomen and the size of the head tell that it is not a queen or worker at all.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
Re: Pennsylvania Ant ID?
Ok, have another one.
Caught in the same area, between 5 and 6 PM. She's jet black and I measured her between 1.5 and 2 cm (she was not cooperative). I'm guessing Camponatus? Also, should I be concerned about her trying to chew her way out of the tube?
Caught in the same area, between 5 and 6 PM. She's jet black and I measured her between 1.5 and 2 cm (she was not cooperative). I'm guessing Camponatus? Also, should I be concerned about her trying to chew her way out of the tube?
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Re: Pennsylvania Ant ID?
Camponotus novaeboracensis.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
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Thanks!
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Ok, I know this isn't a queen, but I have a colony of these living under my mailbox and I'm really curious what they are. She's about 3mm long.
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Re: Pennsylvania Ant ID?
Tapinoma sessile worker.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
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Awesome, thanks!
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