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Ants - Forelius pruinosus
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Ants - Forelius pruinosus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
June 29, 2008
Size: 25mm (1")
Ants eating dead Dragonfly.
Please help with Ant ID.

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Dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis Ants - Forelius pruinosus
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 29 June, 2008 - 9:59pm
Last updated 2 April, 2010 - 10:48am

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… James C. Trager, 2 April, 2010 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Dolichoderinae: Forelius
Forelius pruinosus. Widely distributed in southern US, and extending norhtward in the central grasslands to the Dakotas and south all the way to western South America in the mountains. It has a predilection for open, sparsely vegetated areas, where it gains much of its nutrition from scavenging dead insects, as in your pictures. (Also fond of nectar and honeydew ... and french fries and sweet remnants in candy wrappers.)
… James C. Trager, 2 April, 2010 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

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