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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 » Myrmelachistini » Rover ants (Brachymyrmex) » Brachymyrmex depilis
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tiny flier - Brachymyrmex depilis
Copyright © 2019 A.D.Levine

tiny flier - Brachymyrmex depilis
goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
September 3, 2019
Size: apx 5mm long
This tiny winged flier landed on my hand as i sat in the afternoon sun. It remained there while i got my camera and let it walk on to another surface for imaging.

What shall we call this nervy stranger?
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Contributed by A.D.Levine on 3 September, 2019 - 3:03pm
Last updated 3 September, 2019 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Steven Wang, 3 September, 2019 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… A.D.Levine, 3 September, 2019 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

Well, this is ...
... an ant.
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ant
i have moved it for expert help. thank you
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