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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 mayhem - Lasius americanus
Copyright © 2018 jim bliss

ant mayhem - Lasius americanus
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA
June 18, 2018
I am looking to get info on this. I found this crazed grouping of ants on a grass stalk and am wondering if this part of a nuptial flight. Most of the ants are winged, but several are smaller and are not. They were moving about in a frenzied manner, running up and down the grass stem. Some appeared to be fighting. Can I get help with this? Thanks.
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Contributed by jim bliss on 25 June, 2018 - 11:45pm
Last updated 2 July, 2018 - 4:02pm

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This is the brown Lasius species which flies at that time of the summer in most of eastern North America.
… James C. Trager, 2 July, 2018 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
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