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Photo#2004949
Ponerine - female

Ponerine - Female
Rideout Road Trailhead, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 19, 2020
This small, seemingly eye-less ant was found under the bark of a fallen conifer log. Relatively slow moving.
Due to the quality I hadn't posted this sooner, but I never did figure out what this ant was.

Moved
Moved from Ants.

Ponera exotica?
As commented by James C. Trager, "Ponera exotica is smaller and lighter in color - about 2.75-3.0 mm long and yellowish in contrast to pennsylvanica's 3.0-3.5 mm and dark brown."


However this is also a fairly northernly locations, which is characteristic of P. pennsylvanica, so... maybe I'm wrong?

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