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Ant on Mushroom - Aphaenogaster
Copyright © 2010 Stephen_WV

Ant on Mushroom - Aphaenogaster
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
June 27, 2010
Size: 3.5 mm
This ant was taking a stroll across a mushroom; ID help appreciated!
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 30 July, 2010 - 5:03am
Last updated 30 July, 2010 - 11:00am

Thanks!
Moved from Ants.

Thanks very much, Richard!
… Stephen_WV, 30 July, 2010 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

Aphaenogaster sp. - worker
One of the brown species of the rudis-group.
… Richard Vernier, 30 July, 2010 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

 
Difficult group.
And probably always will be from photos, but this looks pretty clearly like what is now going by Aphaenogaster picea. As Richard says, one of the brown species, though I would qualify that with dark or pitch-brown, to distinguish from the reddish brown of rudis.
… James C. Trager, 30 July, 2010 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

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