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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) » exsecta group (Formica exsecta group) » Allegheny Mound Ant (Formica exsectoides)
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Ants herding hoppers & nymphs - Formica exsectoides
Copyright © 2009 Bruce Marlin

Ants herding hoppers & nymphs - Formica exsectoides
Forest County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 12, 2009
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 18 August, 2009 - 8:35am
Last updated 3 October, 2019 - 3:23pm

Moved
Moved from Widefooted Treehopper.
… John R. Maxwell, 11 May, 2015 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Allegheny Mound Ant.
… John S. Ascher, 11 May, 2015 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

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… John R. Maxwell, 24 August, 2009 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

Formica exsectoides
Pretty unmistakable, with that color pattern, general shininess, and conspicuously concave rear margin of the head. This one, unusually for an ant, even has a common name, Allegheny mound ant, though it is by no means found only in the Allegheny area. It is found in most states east of and bordering the Mississippi River, and even sporadically in the Rocky Mountains.
… James C. Trager, 18 August, 2009 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah
Wonderful. It was indeed in the Allegheny Mountains taken. I saw some of their anthills - the biggest I'd ever seen, 2 meters across and more!
… Bruce Marlin, 18 August, 2009 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

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