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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Formicini » Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants (Formica) » pallidefulva group (Formica pallidefulva group)
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Ant Tending Hoppers - Formica
Copyright © 2010 T. Gilliam

Ant Tending Hoppers - Formica
Gates, Gates County, North Carolina, USA
August 27, 2009
Size: Ant - 3-4mm
Not sure about the ant - I believe the hoppers are Entylia carinata - adults found on neighboring sunflowers.
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Contributed by T. Gilliam on 11 February, 2010 - 6:39am
Last updated 25 February, 2011 - 3:24pm

Moved
Moved from Formica.
… Ben Coulter, 25 February, 2011 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 February, 2010 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

Formica sp. (pallidefulva group) - worker
An ID to species level -i.e., distinguishing betwenn F. pallidefulva and F. dolosa - is hardly possible at this magnification level.
… Richard Vernier, 11 February, 2010 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Formica sp.
Thanks - I didn't think it would be possible to get to species - genus helps tremendously - I am far from an ant expert. I have new macro equipment on the way, should yield better images this summer.
… T. Gilliam, 11 February, 2010 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Best we can do.
And it's even worse than Richard states; There are four quite similar-looking species in the group in NC, distinguished by minutiae of measurements and hair patterns.
… James C. Trager, 27 July, 2010 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

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