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Ants - Prenolepis imparis
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Ants - Prenolepis imparis
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
March 19, 2006
Size: around 6 mm

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 20 March, 2006 - 6:20am
Last updated 21 March, 2006 - 1:36pm

False Honey Ants (Prenolepis imparis) workers
Everybody seems to be very busy at digging out a new underground net of rooms and tunnels for the 2006 season (having overwintered at a deeper level). At once shiny and hairy cuticle and overall outline are peculiar to this species, the only one of its genus in North-America.
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