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Ant patroling the Queen Anne's Lace - Formica pallidefulva

Ant patroling the Queen Anne's Lace - Formica pallidefulva
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
July 30, 2010
Size: 5.9 mm
This ant is getting a good stretch on its left back lack as it moves from floweret to floweret on the Queen Anne's Lace.

Thanks
Moved from Ants.

Thanks so much, gentlemen!

Formica sp. (pallidefulva group) - worker
Unfortunately, I'm unable to tell apart the three most widespread species of this group (F. pallidefulva, F. incerta and F. dolosa) from a picture.
But Dr Trager could well know better.

 
F. pallidefulva
In that region (the US mid-Atlantic southward), the other two species would be considerably lighter and redder in color. Farther north, these distinctions are not as reliable, though.

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