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Sudden swarm winged black bugs and golden ants
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Sudden swarm winged black bugs and golden ants
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Any clue? Lacewings? The winged bugs look black. The non-winged look like little golden ants. No idea what they are doing.

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Sudden swarm winged black bugs and golden ants Sudden swarm winged and golden ants
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Contributed by scoot32 on 22 October, 2017 - 10:51am
Last updated 30 January, 2018 - 8:24am

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 January, 2018 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

Those look like Lasius clavig
Those look like Lasius claviger, Citronella ants. The larger winged ones are new queens flying out to start a new nest. The smaller gold ones are the workers of the colony. This species is almost entirely subterranean. The queens also have to found nests by parasitic means; replacing a queen of another species in another colony.
… MrILoveTheAnts, 22 October, 2017 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
wow cool thank you for your h
wow cool thank you for your help!
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