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Ant Victim of parasitic wasp - Elasmosoma - female

Ant Victim of parasitic wasp - Elasmosoma - Female
Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
September 22, 2012
This is some sort of Field Ant from the colony that was being targeted by the wasp.

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The ant is ...
Formica pallidefulva, a common host of this wasp.

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