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Ant or wasp? - Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Copyright © 2011 bdedo

Ant or wasp? - Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 11, 2011
Size: 1cm
wasps or ants found on treated lumber potting bench. unclear if they were simply ON it, or were IN it somewhere.... Move about like wasps, but have many features of ants.
hoping for help with ID
Thanks,
b

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Contributed by bdedo on 11 July, 2011 - 11:01am
Last updated 12 July, 2011 - 4:44pm

Moved
Both, in the sense that ants are derived from wasps. But yes, definitely ants, these live in hollow twigs and other preformed cavities in stems, branches and trunks.
… James C. Trager, 12 July, 2011 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.

Pseudomyrmex sp. Our ant experts may know the species.
… Brad Barnd, 11 July, 2011 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

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