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Various red ants... |
Amazon Ants (Polyergus lucidus species group) Mixed upland hardwood forest in Orange Co., NC 24 June 2009 This species of ants just successfully raided another ant colony, and I watched and listened for several minutes as they scurried along the leaf litter in a long parade carrying lots of pupae that will be enslaved. |
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Amazon Ants (Polyergus lucidus species group) Mixed upland hardwood forest in Orange Co., NC 24 June 2009 |
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Amazon Ants (Polyergus lucidus species group) Mixed upland hardwood forest in Orange Co., NC 24 June 2009 |
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Formica pallidefulva species group Orange Co., NC 14 Mar 2008 These fairly large ants are very common under logs in fields & woods in the the NC piedmont. |
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Formica pallidefulva species group Orange Co., NC 14 Mar 2008 |
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Prenolepis imparis; thanks to James Trager for ID Orange Co., NC 14 Mar 2008 Some researchers have suggested this could be a Formica pallidefulva species group queen ant. |
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Prenolepis imparis; thanks to James Trager for ID Orange Co., NC 14 Mar 2008 |
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Prenolepis imparis; thanks to James Trager for ID Orange Co., NC 14 Mar 2008 |
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