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Ant nest under rock - crop - Formica lasioides

Ant nest under rock - crop - Formica lasioides
Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
October 13, 2009
Size: ~5mm
Larger crop from the same image.

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Ant nest under rock - Formica lasioides Ant nest under rock - crop - Formica lasioides

Moved
Moved from neogagates group.

Moved
Moved from Ants.

Formica lasioides - workers
The moderately shining dark brown color of these ants reminds of (smaller) Lasius of the niger group, hence the species'name. F. lasioides belongs to the neogagates group.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

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