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Ants - Formica montana - female
Copyright © 2009 Bruce Marlin

Ants - Formica montana - Female
Warrenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
March 22, 2009
Size: 5-7mm
Brownish/reddish ants, very common, big hills.
Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 22 March, 2009 - 6:52pm
Last updated 28 February, 2012 - 12:05am

Moved
Moved from Ants.

Thanks for the ID.
--Bruce
… Bruce Marlin, 2 April, 2010 - 4:28pm

Formicinae: Formica
Looking at the larger version of the picture, one can just make out the bristles that adorn the rear margin of the head and the dorsum of the mesosoma of the ant on the right, clinching the ID (along with color and mound info) as Formica montana.
… James C. Trager, 1 April, 2010 - 5:33pm

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