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False Honey Ant - Prenolepis imparis
Copyright © 2007 IvanTortuga

False Honey Ant - Prenolepis imparis
Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
August 25, 2007
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Contributed by IvanTortuga on 22 March, 2008 - 12:05pm
Last updated 23 March, 2008 - 3:43pm

Moved
Moved from Formica.
… IvanTortuga, 23 March, 2008 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

OOPS! False Honey Ant (Prenolepis imparis) - worker
Formica subsericea, like all member of the fusca-group, has a silky, rather than shiny, head and body. The typical "hour-glass" consriction in the middle of the alitrunk, the hallmark for Prenolepis, is clearly visible too.
… Richard Vernier, 23 March, 2008 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
OO
wow that means I have stuff in my personal collection ID'd wrong too thanks for the help!!
… IvanTortuga, 23 March, 2008 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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