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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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Unknown Ant - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Copyright © 2012 Jon Hart

Unknown Ant - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
July 28, 2012
Size: unable to record
Found on back porch late-night. This ant was a loner among a crowd of alate ants and hoppers. I don't even know where to begin looking for this.....

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Unknown Ant - Brachymyrmex patagonicus Unknown Ant - Brachymyrmex patagonicus
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Contributed by Jon Hart on 14 October, 2012 - 5:39pm
Last updated 25 February, 2019 - 2:11am

Moved
Moved from Rover ants.
… Steven Wang, 25 February, 2019 - 2:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Beautiful, clear pic of this tiny ant. Nine segmented antennae point to the genus, but the species are under revision, so we'll have to wait, as there are several, dark-colored, introduced South American ones in your region.
… James C. Trager, 15 October, 2012 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

 
For the past year or so
this genus has begun to be far more common in this area. Twenty years ago, if it was reddish it was a fire ant, blackish, carpenter and if it were really tiny, Acrobat. If you scratch the surface a bit today, you might find 4 or more different kinds of ants in the space of a couple of minutes. They are not nearly so hard to find nowadays.....
… Jon Hart, 17 October, 2012 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

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