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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) » Myrmicinae » Solenopsidini » Fire Ants and Thief Ants (Solenopsis) » Diplorhoptrum - Thief ants (fugax group) (Solenopsis Diplorhoptrum - Thief ants (fugax group)) » Thief Ant (Solenopsis molesta)
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Ant ID - Solenopsis molesta
Copyright © 2008 Ray Lemke

Ant ID - Solenopsis molesta
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
September 2, 2008
Size: 1 mm?
Very tiny ants on my kitchen counter. For scale, the blue on the photo is a lined white legal pad. So miniscule that I couldn't even see it was an ant until I took the macro photo. ID?
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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 2 September, 2008 - 10:30am
Last updated 24 September, 2008 - 4:56pm

Great!
Only the second image of this species for BG, and a very nice photo to boot! Moving to guide page.
… Ken Schneider, 24 September, 2008 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Agree...
Two-segmented clubbed antennae ID this girl as a grease-loving or thief ant (S. molesta). They can be as small as 1/32 of an inch.
… Ross Hill, 9 September, 2008 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

ID
Perhaps it's Solenopsis molesta.
… Andy Calderwood, 2 September, 2008 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

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