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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Formicini » Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants (Formica) » fusca group (Formica fusca group) » Formica subsericea
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Black Slave-Maker Ant - Formica subsericea
Copyright © 2011 Nancy Kent

Black Slave-Maker Ant - Formica subsericea
Radford, Virginia, USA
June 26, 2011
I'd like and ID, please, for this ant. Several were "tending" young critters on the back of a Helianthus leaf.

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Black Slave-Maker Ant - Formica subsericea Black Slave-maker Ant - Formica subsericea
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 26 June, 2011 - 6:39pm
Last updated 3 July, 2011 - 6:04am

Moved
This species is the only common black Formica in the southeastern third of the US.
… James C. Trager, 27 June, 2011 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
James, I very much appreciate the ID and info!
… Nancy Kent, 27 June, 2011 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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