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rough textured brown ant - Dolichoderus plagiatus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

rough textured brown ant - Dolichoderus plagiatus
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 5, 2006
Size: 4mm

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rough textured brown ant - Dolichoderus plagiatus rough textured brown ant - Dolichoderus plagiatus
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 June, 2006 - 10:59pm
Last updated 6 June, 2006 - 2:28pm

Ant.
First, I agree that these images are just spectacular. Ant identification really benefits from at least one lateral view, though. Dolichoderus has a distinctive 'hump' on the back of the thorax that is very obvious in a profile view, but totally obscured in a dorsal view. I'm impressed Richard made an ID from these shots.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2006 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Lateral profiles
I know side views are important, but when they're walking around on a leaf outside in the wind, I worked to get dorsal shots. If I see them again, I'll concentrate on a better angle.
Go figure, I get a shot of a queen a couple weeks before I get a worker.
Thanks both Richard and Eric for your comments and identifications.
… tom murray, 6 June, 2006 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

The worker is there! - Dolichoderus plagiatus
Nothing equals photographs of live specimens on a natural substrate, even for ants. These two pictures are simply beautiful. I was watching a small colony of our own species D. quadripunctatus yesterday, as they were moving to a new nesting place, carrying larvae and pupae.
… Richard Vernier, 6 June, 2006 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

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