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Odorous Ants - Tapinoma
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Odorous Ants - Tapinoma
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
March 18, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 18 March, 2006 - 9:21pm
Last updated 19 March, 2006 - 9:03am

Odorous Ants (Tapinoma sp.) - Dolichoderinae
Nice shot showing workers taking care of the brood. Very similar to our own (European) T. erraticum except this latter is pure jet black rather than brownish black.
… Richard Vernier, 19 March, 2006 - 5:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Richard
I was way off the mark with Camponotus.
… tom murray, 19 March, 2006 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

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