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Ant - Nylanderia flavipes - female
Copyright © 2011 G.K. Gerber

Ant - Nylanderia flavipes - Female
Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
May 24, 2011
Size: ~4 mm
This (what looks to me like a) reddish-brown winged ant was exploring the leaf of a broad leaf weed in the garden near a colony of black aphids guarded by large black ants.

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Ant - Nylanderia flavipes - female Ant - Nylanderia flavipes - female Ant - Nylanderia flavipes - female
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Contributed by G.K. Gerber on 26 May, 2011 - 4:20pm
Last updated 31 May, 2011 - 6:59pm

Moved
Nice pictures, which show the pilosity pattern well, including on the antennal scape (long, first segment).

However, your size estimate is too large. This creature's identity is Nylanderia flavipes, and she is about 4mm in total length. This Asian species (of a genus with several native species and some other introduced ones in the USA) is common in urban areas of the greater DC, Pittsburg-Philly, NYC area. (Also recently discovered in the Cleveland area.)
… James C. Trager, 31 May, 2011 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you for the id Dr. Trager. I went back and recalculated the size by photographing a scale at the same magnification. You are absolutely correct, she measured out to almost exactly 4 mm.
… G.K. Gerber, 31 May, 2011 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Lasius queen to
Looks like a Lasius queen to me, but let's wait for Dr. Trager
… J. Anderson, 30 May, 2011 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… v belov, 30 May, 2011 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

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