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Ant colony ID request plz - Tapinoma sessile
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Ant colony ID request plz - Tapinoma sessile
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2008
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Contributed by Vespula vulgaris on 4 May, 2008 - 4:07pm
Last updated 5 May, 2008 - 10:22am

Process of Elimination
If they are as small as they appear, they cannot be either species of carpenter ant nor can they be a field ant or large yellow ant. Therefore, they have to be either a odorous house ant or small honey ant. Based on the fact that you cannot see a petiole, I would have to assume odorous house ant. This is of course discounting all two-node ants.
… sciencebuff, 9 May, 2008 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

Tapinoma sessile - workers
Magnification was too small on previous post for a positive ID.
… Richard Vernier, 5 May, 2008 - 2:52am login or register to post comments

 
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you very much!
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