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hanging ant - male
Copyright © 2006 Tom Shermer

hanging ant - Male
New Westminster, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
August 5, 2006
Size: approx 8mm
Found this guy struggling and twisting, hanging by a single thread. I took a ten-minute break to change the batteries in my flash and he was still there, still struggling. Spider's silk is amazing stuff.
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Contributed by Tom Shermer on 6 August, 2006 - 1:58am
Last updated 21 August, 2006 - 6:37am

Crematogaster is a possibilit
Crematogaster is a possibility, Unfortunately I can not see the petiole well enough to be sure that it is the right subfamily for it to be Crematogaster. However it is a male which pretty much rules an easy Identification out. Esp down to species lever.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 6 August, 2006 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Not a fly
If you'll notice, this one has four wings. Flies never have more than 2.

I'm pretty sure this the winged generation of some kind of ant- perhaps the genus Crematogaster:

It would be good to get confirmation from an expert, though.
… Chuck Entz, 6 August, 2006 - 2:20am login or register to post comments

 
I meant to say "ant"
You're doing a great job of catching my typos before I fix 'em.
:)
… Tom Shermer, 6 August, 2006 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

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