Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
Photos from the gathering
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Aphaenogaster
Photo#184173
Orange spotted ant - Aphaenogaster
Copyright © 2008 Jonas Insinga

Orange spotted ant - Aphaenogaster
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
May 20, 2008
Size: 3-4mm
A worker.

Not the large orange blotches. Perhaps these are glands?

Images of this individual: tag all
Orange spotted ant - Aphaenogaster Orange spotted ant - Aphaenogaster
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 21 May, 2008 - 9:13pm
Last updated 23 May, 2008 - 10:23pm

Aphaenogaster sp. - worker
I think the yellow-orange blotches are rather the crop, but who knows?
… Richard Vernier, 22 May, 2008 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact