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yellow ants - Aphaenogaster
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

yellow ants - Aphaenogaster
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
April 12, 2006
Size: 5.5mm
Looks like a Myrmica species I posted before, except the antennae are shaped wrong.

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Contributed by tom murray on 12 April, 2006 - 9:19pm
Last updated 17 August, 2010 - 7:19am

Moved
Moved from subgenus Attomyrma.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 August, 2010 - 7:20am login or register to post comments

Indeed...
and despite similar coloration, the antennae are two slender for Myrmica, as are the legs and alitrunk. Once again, I would lean for a light colored Aphaenogaster of the Attomyrma subgenus. There seems to be a stunning diversity among this group in Eastern North America.
… Richard Vernier, 13 April, 2006 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

how do you do that? how do yo
how do you do that? how do you find the nest? i have been trying to find a queen ant or termite for all my life but i never can.
… Omar Fahmy, 12 April, 2006 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
persistance
I keep turning over rocks and logs, and sometimes I get a nice surprise.
… tom murray, 12 April, 2006 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

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