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Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile)
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Copyright © 2010
Harsi S. Parker
Odorous House Ant, alate form -
Tapinoma sessile
Webb Canyon, ~2000 ft. elevation, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 15, 2010
Size: ~5 mm
Any help in getting an ID for this ant I rescued from the landlord's swimming pool would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Surrounding habitat is chaparral and mixed oak woodland.
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Contributed by
Harsi S. Parker
on 24 May, 2010 - 11:47pm
Last updated 26 May, 2010 - 5:55pm
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James C. Trager
, 26 May, 2010 - 5:39pm
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Dolichoderinae: Tapinoma
This is the almost ubiquitous North American species
Tapinoma sessile
, in California found from the coast to the high Sierra Nevada meadows.
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James C. Trager
, 26 May, 2010 - 5:31pm
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Thanks so much for the ID, James!
That makes perfect sense considering that our cabin is regularly overrun by large groups of these ants at certain times of year. I confess that I was unfamiliar with what they looked like in the alate stage of development, otherwise I might have recognized this species more easily. :-)
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Harsi S. Parker
, 26 May, 2010 - 5:46pm
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