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Ant - Formica
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Ant - Formica
Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 12, 2009
Many of these red ants were walking on a rock at the summit of Monument Mountain.

Formica?

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 16 July, 2009 - 11:31am
Last updated 10 August, 2009 - 8:09pm

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… John F. Carr, 10 August, 2009 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

Formica
We can at least say with some certainty, based on the clypeus that is not notched and is rather high in the center and steep-sided, that it is not part of the sanguinea group. Looks a lot like obscuriventris, but I can't see the diagnostic bristles on the hind tibiae
… James C. Trager, 17 July, 2009 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

Thatching ants
These are in the genus Formica. Pretty much need the specimen to get to species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2009 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

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