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False Honey Ant winged queen - Prenolepis imparis - female
Copyright © 2008 Peter Cristofono

False Honey Ant winged queen - Prenolepis imparis - Female
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 12, 2008
Slow moving winged ant on a concrete wall.
Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 12 April, 2008 - 5:12pm
Last updated 13 April, 2008 - 2:22pm

False Honey Ant winged queen (Prenolepis imparis)
Despite similar forewing venation (both genera lack a closed "discoidal" cell), proportions of head and thorax are different.
… Richard Vernier, 12 April, 2008 - 7:36pm

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