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Hickory nut ants - Tapinoma sessile
Copyright © 2010 Charley Eiseman

Hickory nut ants - Tapinoma sessile
South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
May 15, 2010
A whole ant nest contained within a single hickory nut. These don't look like acorn ants (Temnothorax) to me based on the images already in the guide, but what do I know?

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 16 May, 2010 - 11:25am
Last updated 11 July, 2010 - 2:05pm

Moved
Moved from Lasius alienus.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 July, 2010 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lasius alienus.
… James C. Trager, 11 July, 2010 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants. Great, I was thinking a Lasius of some sort. Is this a typical place to find them?
… Charley Eiseman, 16 May, 2010 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

Dolichoderinae: Tapinoma
I must have been drinking when I ID'ed this earlier as the superficially similar Lasius alienus. The tapering of the gaster and more flattened profile of both mesosoma and gaster point to Tapinoma sessile.This ant will inhabit virtually any preformed cavity it chooses! (But L. alienus also occasionaly inhabits acorns.)
… James C. Trager, 16 May, 2010 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

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