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Small ants - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Copyright © 2011 Graham Montgomery

Small ants - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
El Franco Lee Park, Harris County, Texas, USA
December 27, 2011
Size: ~1.5 mm
Colony under bark on a standing dead tree.

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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 28 December, 2011 - 9:00pm
Last updated 29 December, 2011 - 12:14pm

Male
I'd say this is a male, based on my honeymoon couple

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 August, 2012 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Chris Wilson, revising this group, writes that this looks like B. patagonicus because of its large eyes, long scapes, and erect hairs only on the gaster. This species is turning out to be among the most abundant of the various brown South American Brachymyrmex showing up in Sunbelt states.
… James C. Trager, 29 December, 2011 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

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