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Red ants with a mound nest - Formica exsectoides
Copyright © 2013 Timothy Reichard

Red ants with a mound nest - Formica exsectoides
Patuxent Wildlife Refuge North Tract, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
April 13, 2013
Red ants with black abdomens swarming around a roadside mound nest.

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Contributed by Timothy Reichard on 13 April, 2013 - 9:34pm
Last updated 15 April, 2013 - 3:23pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… James C. Trager, 15 April, 2013 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 14 April, 2013 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Not fire ants
These are certainly not fire ants, and not even the same subfamily. These are a Formica species, and based on the concave rear margin of the head and mound nest, I would guess Formica exsectoides.
… Ben Coulter, 14 April, 2013 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Fire Ant?
http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/archived_invaders/archived_invaders_2003_08.html
… jojo2676, 14 April, 2013 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

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