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Unknown ants - Solenopsis invicta - female
Copyright © 2008 Lee Ruth

Unknown ants - Solenopsis invicta - Female
Cass County, Texas, USA
June 10, 2008
Size: .5-1.5mm
I am unsure what species these belong to. They were swarming from a large dirt pile.

Lee
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Contributed by Lee Ruth on 10 June, 2008 - 9:22pm
Last updated 22 June, 2019 - 1:30am

Moved
Moved from Fire Ants and Thief Ants.
… Steven Wang, 22 June, 2019 - 1:30am login or register to post comments

Fire Ants (Solenopsis sp.) - minor worker and winged female
Color pattern of the young winged "wannabe queen" is interesting. Most often, they have either all red or all black head and thorax. This could help for an ID to species level.
… Richard Vernier, 11 June, 2008 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the info.

Lee
… Lee Ruth, 11 June, 2008 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

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