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Ant - Tapinoma sessile
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Ant - Tapinoma sessile
Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 14, 2009
Size: 3 mm
In woods near water, on a plastic-covered sign on which midges and the like tend to land.

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Ant - Tapinoma sessile Head - Tapinoma sessile
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 May, 2009 - 7:48pm
Last updated 23 June, 2009 - 7:00am

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… John F. Carr, 23 June, 2009 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

Tapinoma sessile - worker
Very unnoticeable scale between alitrunk and gaster is a diagnostic feature of this genus.
… Richard Vernier, 23 June, 2009 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

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