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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 » Formicini » Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants (Formica) » fusca group (Formica fusca group) » Formica subsericea
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Black ant with pinched thorax - Formica subsericea
Copyright © 2021 Mary Ann Daly

Black ant with pinched thorax - Formica subsericea
Halfway, Washington County, Maryland, USA
May 28, 2021
Size: 8 mm
The ants live in a sandy colony by the walkway. They're a little smaller than most eastern carpenter ants but larger than pavement ants. They constantly carry plant and animal matter in and out of their holes. This one is carrying a larger insect (red ant?) into a hole.

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Contributed by Mary Ann Daly on 14 June, 2021 - 7:59pm
Last updated 18 June, 2021 - 5:21pm

Moved
The larger dead ant is a member of the carpenter ant genus that lives in soil, Camponotus americanus.
… James C. Trager, 18 June, 2021 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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