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tiny ant - Brachymyrmex depilis
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

tiny ant - Brachymyrmex depilis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 21, 2007
Size: 1.5mm
Contributed by tom murray on 21 October, 2007 - 9:36pm
Last updated 11 October, 2010 - 3:00pm

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Nice to have this image of a worker in which the 9 antennomeres can rather easily be counted. That plus the pale brown color (and location) clinches this as the native B. depilis. Several darker colored imports from tropical America inhabit the the Sunbelt states.
… James C. Trager, 11 October, 2010 - 3:00pm

 
Brachymyrmex depilis
James, thanks for the ID and info. It's nice to have a name for this little gal now.
… tom murray, 11 October, 2010 - 3:10pm

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