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ant dragging food - Solenopsis invicta
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ant dragging food - Solenopsis invicta
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
November 21, 2017

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Contributed by dvoribird on 11 December, 2018 - 6:50pm
Last updated 1 January, 2019 - 10:42am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Steven Wang, 29 December, 2018 - 10:21am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Steven Wang, 29 December, 2018 - 10:21am

… RMEvans, 13 December, 2018 - 6:23am

RIFA
She looks more like Solenopsis invicta.
… RMEvans, 12 December, 2018 - 6:22am

 
Oh!
Can you tell what she is doing / dragging? Thank you for the ID.
… dvoribird, 12 December, 2018 - 7:53pm

 
Hard to say from a photo. It
Hard to say from a photo. It is likely some piece of insect the colony has foraged.
… RMEvans, 13 December, 2018 - 6:27am

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