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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) » Myrmicinae » Solenopsidini » Fire Ants and Thief Ants (Solenopsis) » Diplorhoptrum - Thief ants (fugax group) (Solenopsis Diplorhoptrum - Thief ants (fugax group)) » Thief Ant (Solenopsis molesta)
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tiny orange ants farming aphids - Solenopsis molesta
Copyright © 2017 hg

tiny orange ants farming aphids - Solenopsis molesta
Roselle, Warinanco Park, Union County, New Jersey, USA
June 16, 2017
please help id these ants and aphids. thanks!

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Contributed by hg on 17 June, 2017 - 12:57pm
Last updated 18 June, 2017 - 3:34pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.

thanks for the ant id
… hg, 18 June, 2017 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Well the ants are Solenopsis
Well the ants are Solenopsis molesta.
… MrILoveTheAnts, 18 June, 2017 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… hg, 17 June, 2017 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

These pics are likely to get buried in ID Request.
I suggest moving the best aphid shots to Aphididae and the best ant shots to Formicidae. The experts are much more likely to see them there.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 June, 2017 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

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