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Ant - Formica
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Ant - Formica
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
May 28, 2006
Tending wooly aphids.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 28 May, 2006 - 3:57pm
Last updated 11 March, 2007 - 2:00pm

Moved
to no taxon page so IDed species can be added to taxonomy page at the species level.
This group was previously submitted at the species level, which only allowed the subspecies level to be added under it.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 11 March, 2007 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

Formica sp. (pallidefulva group) - worker
Seems to enjoy the honeydew produced by the wooly Aphids. Most, if not all, ants put their antennae in this typical position when *sipping" (more accurately, licking) any sweet food.
… Richard Vernier, 29 May, 2006 - 7:12am login or register to post comments

 
ant
Thank You Richard.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 29 May, 2006 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

 
The Formica pallidefulva grou
The Formica pallidefulva group was recently revised taxonomically. See this article for all the gory details: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21293/21293.pdf .

Now this one actually looks like the real Formica pallidefulva, in the svelte, tan-golden form that occurs in the southern part of its geographic range. Note the sparse and short pilosity (standing hairs) on the gaster and none on the mesosoma (thorax), also so little pubescence as to be invisible, rendering the ant even shinier than average for the species group.
… Doctorant, 4 June, 2008 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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