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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) » Crematogaster emeryana
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Male ant getting dewinged - Crematogaster emeryana - male - female
Copyright © 2011 moonfox

Male ant getting dewinged - Crematogaster emeryana - Male Female
Florence, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
August 5, 2011
Size: ~3mm

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Contributed by moonfox on 22 December, 2011 - 9:15am
Last updated 22 December, 2011 - 11:16am

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Sorry, moved these to the wrong species for a minute. Anyway, the ID is unfortunately based on the color and relative shininess rather than more "technical" characters, but there are only 4 spp. in this genus in Colorado. Keep an eye open for other opportunities to add some clearer images of this species here.

The male appears to be an unrelated Lasius sp.
… James C. Trager, 22 December, 2011 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

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