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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 © 2018 Bill Hubick

Ant - Lasius americanus
Patapsco Valley SP, Hilton Tract, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
May 20, 2018
Size: 4 mm
Specimen available for additional photography. Thanks as always!

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Contributed by Bill Hubick on 22 May, 2018 - 7:11pm
Last updated 4 June, 2018 - 12:13pm

Moved
Rather dark, but the two I saved showed me what I needed, which is the virtual lack of pilosity on the scapes and lower hind femur.
… James C. Trager, 4 June, 2018 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
I appreciate your taking the time to request the additional photos.
… Bill Hubick, 4 June, 2018 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

another photo possibility
To ID this, I'd need to see images of the antennal scape and the lower edge of the hind femur against a darker background, so I can see the hair pattern.
… James C. Trager, 1 June, 2018 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Can you work with these stereo scope shots?
… Bill Hubick, 1 June, 2018 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

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