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Ant - Solenopsis
Copyright © 2009 Perry Babin

Ant - Solenopsis
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
March 4, 2009
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Contributed by Perry Babin on 5 March, 2009 - 10:24am
Last updated 2 August, 2019 - 6:10pm

Moved
Moved from Fire Ants and Thief Ants.
… Steven Wang, 2 August, 2019 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Definitely Solenopsis sp.
A distributional clue could be useful for a specific ID: there is a possibility that introduced S. invicta has completely ousted the native S. xyloni from your Louisiana region.
The five other pics should not be frassed, since there is only one other photograph of a male Solenopsis (from FL) in BG.
… Richard Vernier, 5 March, 2009 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
I photographed individuals from two local mounds and according to the following document, they were both invicta.

http://eppws.nmsu.edu/documents/alana_jacobson_poster.pdf
… Perry Babin, 7 March, 2009 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

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