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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) » Myrmicinae » Solenopsidini » Pharaoh and Timid Ants (Monomorium) » Monomorium emarginatum
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miniscule ant - Monomorium emarginatum
Copyright © 2018 Molly Jacobson

miniscule ant - Monomorium emarginatum
Cape May Bird Observatory Northwood Center, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
October 5, 2018
Size: 2-3mm
Smaller than a pavement ant, numerous on goldenrod.
For the CMBO Bioblitz; any help is appreciated!

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 12 October, 2018 - 10:11pm
Last updated 19 October, 2018 - 2:24pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 19 October, 2018 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

Monomorium
Monomorium, maybe Monomorium viridum given your location (I don't think the photos have enough detail to see if there's a punctate mesopleuron)
… Seth Burgess, 17 October, 2018 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
I will try to relocate the ants and get better pictures!
… Molly Jacobson, 17 October, 2018 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
They're shiny
If you can add some diffusion it'll make the structure of the body clearer - they're very shiny ants, so reflections are really crisp and hide details.
… Seth Burgess, 17 October, 2018 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

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