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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Formicini » Amazon Ants (Polyergus) » breviceps species group (Polyergus breviceps species group)
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Ants - Polyergus - female
Copyright © 2014 Ant and Caterpillar girl

Ants - Polyergus - Female
Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada
Size: 1cm long

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Contributed by Ant and Caterpillar girl on 19 January, 2014 - 11:11am
Last updated 20 January, 2014 - 10:23am

Moved
Moved from Polyergus mexicanus. Sorry, I was a bit hasty on assigning to species. There are 2 or 3 possibilities in Manitoba, and one can't be sure which from this photo. The black ones are the host species in the Formica*fusca group.
… James C. Trager, 20 January, 2014 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
What are the possibilities? D
What are the possibilities? Do you need a better picture? I can get a new one but it would be when spring comes.
… Ant and Caterpillar girl, 21 January, 2014 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool
I should have looked closer at the ant facing the camera. I just noticed there seem to be three species in this photo.
… Ben Coulter, 20 January, 2014 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
I thought harder and I think
I thought harder and I think I know where that stole the formica fusca. The anthill has been around for years and I have a black ant anthill near my house.
… Ant and Caterpillar girl, 22 January, 2014 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

 
In spring I WILL post a way b
In spring I WILL post a way better picture but I only had two and one wasn't focused on the ants. Ants are so fascinating.
… Ant and Caterpillar girl, 20 January, 2014 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe maybe not
That may be true or it could be that the light was shining on it's black abdomen.
… Ant and Caterpillar girl, 20 January, 2014 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Mandibles and coloration
Most Polyergus species are not strongly bicolored, and one of the bicolored workers on the lower right seems to have normal dentate mandibles.
… Ben Coulter, 20 January, 2014 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 20 January, 2014 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 19 January, 2014 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

I fiddled with the picture so
I fiddled with the picture so it's better.
… Ant and Caterpillar girl, 19 January, 2014 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

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