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Black Ant - Temnothorax longispinosus

Black Ant - Temnothorax longispinosus
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 7, 2006
Size: 2.8mm
I think this is the right match, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Moved
Moved from Acorn Ants.

Right match
Head is too shiny and rounded to be that of a Leptothorax. These latters are rather typical of cold, fir tree dominated districts, while Temnothorax (at least, those inhabiting timber, because some species nest in rock or stone cracks) prefer broad-leaved forests.

 
Mixed hardwood forest
There were a number of different hardwoods, with an occasional pine mixed in where I found this along a trail.

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