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Ants - Lasius
Copyright © 2009 Michel Kleinbaum

Ants - Lasius
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
August 18, 2009
Size: 5 or 6mm
hundred of these tiny insect came to the lights. They look like flies or, maybe, ants.
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Contributed by Michel Kleinbaum on 18 August, 2009 - 3:09pm
Last updated 13 March, 2010 - 12:09pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 March, 2010 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

This is a Lasius sp.
Lasius pallitarsis is the common species of that area.

Male ants are quite waspy in appearance, hearking back to the common ancestry of ants and wasps.
… James C. Trager, 12 March, 2010 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 23 September, 2009 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

Male ants
These are male ants that were out on a "nuptial flight" to mate

Not sure which kind these are. They kind of resemble a small Camponotus species
… Vespula Vulgaris, 18 August, 2009 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Male ants
not very big, are they? I was not sure wether they were ants or flies.
They show up in droves as soon as it gets warmer
Thank you for your help.
Michel Kleinbaum
… Michel Kleinbaum, 18 August, 2009 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

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