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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 » Myrmelachistini » Rover ants (Brachymyrmex) » Brachymyrmex patagonicus
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Wee little ants - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Copyright © 2012 Stephanie Sanchez

Wee little ants - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
May 28, 2012
This ant trail flowed along some dayflower and a few blades of grass before vanishing into the foliage. They were really really little ants; any shot at an ID?

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Contributed by Stephanie Sanchez on 12 July, 2012 - 8:16am
Last updated 15 August, 2012 - 3:48pm

Moved
These are actually quite a bit smaller than any Lasius sp, and these have 9-segmented antennae and wing venation different from any Lasius. A big group in the Neotropics, Brachymyrmex has one native and perhaps a half dozen introduced species established in Florida.
… James C. Trager, 15 August, 2012 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 25 July, 2012 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

Lasius sp.
Lasius, either L. alienus or L. neoniger.
… MrILoveTheAnts, 12 July, 2012 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

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