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Photo#99387
black ant - Formica

black ant - Formica
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 24, 2007
Size: 4mm
Found under a rock in a sandy area.

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Thanks Richard
Moved from Ants.

Formica sp. (fusca group) - worker
Either F. subsericea, F. fusca itself or still a third species (there are several of them in New England). Congratulations for the close-up of the face.

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