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Ant - Prenolepis imparis - female
Copyright © 2013 Ben Gray

Ant - Prenolepis imparis - Female
Uwharrie National Forest, Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
January 13, 2013
Perhaps the same species as these mating ants?

These red-orange ants were found running around on a tree along with quite a few winged male ants. I was not able to get a clear picture of the winged ants found with these, as they were all running very quickly, but they looked a lot like these, I suspect the same species:


This was a very warm (lower-mid 70s) January day. ID help appreciated. Thanks!
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Contributed by Ben Gray on 14 January, 2013 - 8:54am
Last updated 22 January, 2013 - 10:35am

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