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False Honey Ant - Prenolepis imparis
Copyright © 2007 Lynn Bergen

False Honey Ant - Prenolepis imparis
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
October 5, 2007
Size: small
Just curious if this is an ant or wingless wasp, which I think I should know but don't.
Found on Montauk Daisy.
Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 21 February, 2009 - 4:26am
Last updated 21 February, 2009 - 1:14pm

Moved
Moved from Dicyrtomina ornata.
… Lynn Bergen, 21 February, 2009 - 1:04pm

Moved
Moved from False Honey Ant.
… Lynn Bergen, 21 February, 2009 - 1:02pm

That is an ant, Prenolepis im
That is an ant, Prenolepis imparis, one of the earliest active ants species in the U. S. This species is active at lower temps that pretty much any other ant.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 21 February, 2009 - 7:14am

 
Thanks, Gordon
For the information and ID.
… Lynn Bergen, 23 February, 2009 - 11:24am

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