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Formica sp. (pallidefulva group) - Formica - female
Copyright © 2007 imarsman

Formica sp. (pallidefulva group) - Formica - Female
St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario, Canada
May 14, 2007
Size: 5mm
Though I have browsed through the ant pages on bugguide I haven't been able to identify this species, one of five I've already found in my very small front yard. These ants seem to be generalists in their food gathering habits. I've seen them bringing home dead insects and browsing on Bachelor's Button (Cornflower) extrafloral nectaries, as in this photo.
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Contributed by imarsman on 16 May, 2007 - 8:57am

Formica sp. (pallidefulva group) - worker
Not the true pallidefulva, because that species has a wholly orange brown body, not a darker gaster like this one ant. Nonetheless, general habitus is the same.
… Richard Vernier, 16 May, 2007 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks so much for helping me to identify this ant. I've found five species in our small 20'x15' front yard and adjacent driveway.
… imarsman, 16 May, 2007 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
The Formica pallidefulva grou
The Formica pallidefulva group was recently revised taxonomically. See this article for all the gory details: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21293/21293.pdf .

This is the typical color for the more northern populations, as in Canada, of F. pallidefulva that formerly went by the name of nitidiventris. The sparseness of pilosity and pubescence are diagnostic.
… James C. Trager, 4 June, 2008 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

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