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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) » pallidefulva group (Formica pallidefulva group) » Formica dolosa
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red ant - Formica dolosa
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

red ant - Formica dolosa
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
October 20, 2011
Size: 6.7mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 October, 2011 - 7:56pm
Last updated 21 October, 2011 - 7:56am

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It's hard to see the abundant dorsal standing pilosity because of the light background, but the size and dense pubescence obscuring the sheen of the gaster are good indication of the ID, also. From a sandy, or at least, acid soil habitat, may we presume?
… James C. Trager, 21 October, 2011 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

 
Formica dolosa
This was from a ski slope that does have a sandy soil, and the same area I've found Formica dolosa in the past. Thanks James.
… tom murray, 21 October, 2011 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

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