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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae) » Not yet identified nymphs
Photo#330629
Black ant
Copyright © 2009 Terry Sincheff

Black ant
Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
September 8, 2009
Size: aprox. 12mm
Has two humps on propodeum.

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Contributed by Terry Sincheff on 8 September, 2009 - 4:06pm
Last updated 11 September, 2009 - 3:08pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 September, 2009 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

Nope, not an ant, it is a Het
Nope, not an ant, it is a Heteroptera... which pretends to be an ant
… Martin Hauser, 8 September, 2009 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an ant
Could this be Alydus eurinus?
… Terry Sincheff, 8 September, 2009 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe...
nymph of one of the Broad-headed Bugs (Alydidae)?

Not yet identified nymphs
… Ron M., 8 September, 2009 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Alydus?
Ron, take a look at image#126436
… Terry Sincheff, 8 September, 2009 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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