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Spine-waisted Ant - Aphaenogaster
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Spine-waisted Ant - Aphaenogaster
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
May 2, 2010
ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 5 May, 2010 - 11:44am
Last updated 15 November, 2010 - 11:46am

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 August, 2010 - 7:36am

Myrmicinae: Aphaenogaster
This is one of the several members of the taxonomically difficult Aphaenogaster rudis group. Workers are tricky and males are close to impossible to name, so I'll just say possibly A. fulva because of its uniform dark color (but I wouldn't bet my life on it).
… James C. Trager, 5 May, 2010 - 4:48pm

 
Thanks, James.
First one from NY :~)
… Karl Hillig, 5 May, 2010 - 5:00pm

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