Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
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 » Myrmicini » Myrmica
Photo#927530
Myrmica sp. - Myrmica - female
Copyright © 2014 Ben Coulter

Myrmica sp. - Myrmica - Female
State Game Lands #109, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 18, 2014
Perhaps Myrmica americana or AF-eva? Unfortunately the only image. Open area surrounded by wetlands and swampy forest.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Ben Coulter on 27 May, 2014 - 8:00pm
Last updated 6 June, 2014 - 2:02pm

Moved
Moved from Ants.
… Ben Coulter, 6 June, 2014 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Look like AF-eva, and from a
Look like AF-eva, and from a treeless space agrees with this. True M*americana has a big ladle-like basal scape adornement, and seems to be associated with sandy places.
… James C. Trager, 31 May, 2014 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It is definitely not sandy there. I tried to collect this but it escaped.
… Ben Coulter, 31 May, 2014 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact