pyramid ant

Bi-colored pyramid ant

Dorymyrmex insanus

       
Order

Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

Suborder

Apocrita (Abeilles, Ants, Bees, Fourmis, Guêpes Véritables, Narrow-waisted Hymenopterans,True Wasps)

Superfamily

Vespoidea (Vespoid Wasps)

Family

Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily

Dolichoderinae (Odorous Ants)

Habitat

 

Season

 

Food

 

Identification

The head and second section of the body (alitrunk) is reddish brown. The last segment of the body (the gaster) is black.


Sightings

Pine Bend Bluffs SNA

 

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