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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Lasiini » Citronella Ants (Lasius) » Subgenus Chthonolasius (Lasius Subgenus Chthonolasius) » Lasius aphidicola
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Yellow/Orange Ants - Lasius aphidicola
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Yellow/Orange Ants - Lasius aphidicola
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 19, 2007
Size: 3-4 mm
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 19 April, 2007 - 1:42pm
Last updated 1 November, 2009 - 10:03pm

Moved
Moved from Lasius.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 November, 2009 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

I agree with Richard
I'll hazard these are Lasius umbratus, with bigger eyes, more pubescence and browner cast to the color than Acanthomyops. The latter, by the way, is now officially a subgenus of Lasius.
… James C. Trager, 4 May, 2009 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

Lasius sp. - worker
Citronella ants would be a lighter yellow, with more clubbed antennae.
… Richard Vernier, 20 April, 2007 - 4:10am login or register to post comments

Citronella ants?
My guess would be something in the genus Acanthomyops, but Gordon Snelling will know for sure. Nice image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 April, 2007 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

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