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Yipes! Stripes! (Ant ID Sought) - Linepithema humile
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Yipes! Stripes! (Ant ID Sought) - Linepithema humile
San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
March 12, 2007
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 14 March, 2007 - 12:40am
Last updated 16 March, 2010 - 7:32pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Ron Hemberger, 16 March, 2010 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Dolichoderinae: Linepithema
This is L. humile, the infamous Argentine ant. The stripes indicate they are well fed, such that their crops are showing throught the thinner cuticle between the tergites.
… James C. Trager, 16 March, 2010 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, James
For the ID and the info. I moved this post and was surprised at how few are represented at Bug Guide.
… Ron Hemberger, 16 March, 2010 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2007 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

 
Never quite sure what this means - ants moved from ants
A computer filing adjustment maybe? (Just curious)
… Ron Hemberger, 11 June, 2007 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, the new taxonomy
has ants as a family rather than a superfamily, so we moved all the images that were on the superfamily page to the family page instead with the idea that the superfamily page will be deleted.
… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2007 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

 
About what I'd thought.
When I started dipping my toes into entomological waters, I thought the names were cast in concrete. Hah! Now I see even the structure is built on shifting sands.

Thanks for the edification!
… Ron Hemberger, 11 June, 2007 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

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