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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 » Crematogastrini » Acorn Ants (Temnothorax) » Temnothorax longispinosus
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Formicidae, silken nesting quarters - Temnothorax longispinosus
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Formicidae, silken nesting quarters - Temnothorax longispinosus
Craggy Rocks, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 16, 2018
Did the wasps emerge and the ants move in?
Temporary shelter?
Are the ants just visiting and feeding on wasp pupae?
Thanks

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 21 December, 2018 - 7:59pm
Last updated 26 January, 2023 - 7:50am

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Interesting, I guess they could be nesting in the fluff. This species is an opportunistic cavity nester after all.
… Steven Wang, 28 December, 2018 - 3:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
I guess if I knew my ants well enough, or at least better, I might have remembered a previous encounter in a temporary shelter. You giving them an ID sure helped.
… MJ Hatfield, 28 December, 2018 - 7:32am login or register to post comments

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