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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 » Lasiini » Citronella Ants (Lasius) » Subgenus Lasius (Lasius Subgenus Lasius) » formerly Lasius alienus (Lasius americanus)
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Ant - Lasius americanus
Copyright © 2017 Rick Hamilton

Ant - Lasius americanus
Carroll County, Maryland, USA
August 15, 2017
Size: very large-
I see that Leaf Cutting ants are close..... the black ands have a similar shape but this shot is brown.
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Contributed by Rick Hamilton on 1 September, 2017 - 4:01pm
Last updated 18 October, 2017 - 7:28am

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 18 October, 2017 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

Lasius sp.
Not even close to a leafcutter in size (about 1/3), which in any case occurs no closer to Maryland than southwestern Louisiana. This is one of the cornfield ants, but resolution is insufficient to decide between L. alienus and L. neoniger, the two common eastern brown species.
Note size of this actual leafcutter against the person's fingers:
… James C. Trager, 3 September, 2017 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Dr. Trager or one of the other experts will take the ID further.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 September, 2017 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

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