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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 pilosa
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Red ant with black abdomen and propodeal spines - Crematogaster pilosa
Copyright © 2012 Bob Webster

Red ant with black abdomen and propodeal spines - Crematogaster pilosa
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
August 27, 2012
Size: 3 - 3.5 mm
Crematogaster laeviuscula?

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Red ant with black abdomen and propodeal spines - Crematogaster pilosa Red ant with black abdomen and propodeal spines - Crematogaster pilosa Red ant with black abdomen and propodeal spines - Crematogaster pilosa
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Contributed by Bob Webster on 29 August, 2012 - 10:00am
Last updated 20 March, 2013 - 3:26pm

Moved
Sorry to move this again, but I occasionally go back to earlier IDs to check myself,and this one is the fuzzier C. pilosa. The two are not always easy to separate even with specimens in hand, and less so with an imperfectly focused image.
… James C. Trager, 20 March, 2013 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Yes, but this is the less brightly colored version that has sometimes been called C. clara.
… James C. Trager, 7 September, 2012 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

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