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Formica? - Formica incerta
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Formica? - Formica incerta
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 14, 2006
Size: 7.5mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 14 April, 2006 - 6:41pm
Last updated 19 August, 2009 - 6:02pm

James
Thanks for the identification and info.
… tom murray, 19 August, 2009 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Probably Formica incerta
This is a pubescent species, but not so much so as F. dolosa. It also is overall smaller, and has shorter appendages and a relatively broader and rounder-sided head. Both are fairly common in open, especially sandy habitats in that part of MA.
… James C. Trager, 18 August, 2009 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
to no taxon page so IDed species can be added to taxonomy page at the species level.
This group was previously submitted at the species level, which only allowed the subspecies level to be added under it.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 11 March, 2007 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

Yes - pallidefulva group
Compared with a Camponotus, the less humpbacked thorax and the conspicuous ocelli on the head are the main differences.
… Richard Vernier, 26 April, 2006 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

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