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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 Acanthomyops (Lasius Subgenus Acanthomyops) » Smaller Yellow Ant (Lasius claviger)
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swarming tiny ants - Lasius claviger
Copyright © 2018 A.D.Levine

swarming tiny ants - Lasius claviger
Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
November 1, 2018
Size: 3mm
While drilling through concrete around my swimming pool, a large swarm of these tiny ants came to the surface between two adjacent squares of concrete paving. Are the of concern to my home and should they be exterminated ?

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swarming tiny ants - Lasius claviger swarming tiny ants - Lasius claviger
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Contributed by A.D.Levine on 1 November, 2018 - 1:34pm
Last updated 1 November, 2018 - 3:12pm

Moved
Harmless subterranean ants.
… James C. Trager, 1 November, 2018 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
harmless
and i thank you and am pleased to have them continue to thrive around my pool!!
… A.D.Levine, 1 November, 2018 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 November, 2018 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
small ant
My thoughts were along the line of a Lasius sp.
… A.D.Levine, 1 November, 2018 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

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