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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) » Myrmicinae » Crematogastrini » Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster)
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Ants visiting extrafloral nectaries on fruits of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) - Crematogaster
Copyright © 2011 Larry Allain

Ants visiting extrafloral nectaries on fruits of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) - Crematogaster
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Harrison County, Texas, USA
July 10, 2011
I would love to know which species of ant this is using these nectaries

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Ants visiting extrafloral nectaries on fruits of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) - Crematogaster Ants visiting extrafloral nectaries on fruits of trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) - Crematogaster
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Contributed by Larry Allain on 1 December, 2011 - 4:38pm
Last updated 5 December, 2011 - 6:06pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 December, 2011 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

Crematogaster
Several species of this genus occur in that part of Texas, and the picture doesn't have enough clarity of detail to say which. The group, generally, is referred to as the acrobat ants, for their habit of curving the abdomen up over the thorax as though somersaulting.
… James C. Trager, 5 December, 2011 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 December, 2011 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
expert attention?
Why was the image removed from id request? What does expert attention refer to?
… Larry Allain, 5 December, 2011 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
The ant experts
will be more likely to find your pics here and, with luck, give you the ID you're looking for.

Feel free to move the images back if you wish, but I promise that you'll get an ID more quickly here. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 December, 2011 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

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