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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster)
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Acrobat ant queen and worker - Crematogaster - female
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Acrobat ant queen and worker - Crematogaster - Female
perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
Queen and her first adult worker. Thought it humerous how the worker ran and hid under her mother. The queen is about 5 or 6 mm in length, the worker is about 2 mm. See second image for closeup of worker

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Acrobat ant queen - Crematogaster - female Acrobat ant queen and worker - Crematogaster - female Acrobat ant worker - Crematogaster - female Acrobat ant worker - Crematogaster - female
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Contributed by Vespula vulgaris on 5 March, 2009 - 7:16pm

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