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Ant? - Pseudomyrmex
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Ant? - Pseudomyrmex
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
June 25, 2007
Size: 5mm
Found this wandering... it looks like a flying ant but fairly elongate.
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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 29 June, 2007 - 1:33pm
Last updated 12 July, 2007 - 5:43pm

pretty sure this is ejectus a
pretty sure this is ejectus as the only other it could be in SC is pallidus, and I presume their males are yellow.
… J. Anderson, 18 May, 2011 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Puzzling.
This could even be some kind of crabronid wasp.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 July, 2007 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Wait....
Pseudomyrmex male, perhaps. I recently saw some other images that make me lean that way....
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 July, 2007 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
hmm
Ir didn't seem to fit anything in the guide for that family... I assumed this was a winged Pseudomyrmex or something! Shows what I know... haha
… Ray Simpson, 3 July, 2007 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

no, it doesn't have jointed a
no, it doesn't have jointed antenna. its probably a parasitic wasp.
… William Ericson, 30 June, 2007 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

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