Is it some weird ant?
Best Answer Subverted , March 14 2016 - 9:11 AM
I think this is a rove beetle of some kind. You can kind of make out the elytra in the photo...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/126
Go to the full postIt is not an ant, that is all I know.
It looks like a webspinner, but I don't see the bulging tarsi that they usually have.
Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis
Novomessor cockerelli
Pogonomyrmex montanus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Manica bradleyi
I think this is a rove beetle of some kind. You can kind of make out the elytra in the photo...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/126
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I agree, some sort of Staphylinid.
Ah, rove beetle makes more sense. I've never seen one where the elytra are almost nonexistent, though.
Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis
Novomessor cockerelli
Pogonomyrmex montanus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Manica bradleyi
Rove beetles are supposed to have elytra. Sorry but I can't make them out.
If you look just behind the thorax there are two small elytra. Rove beetles often have reduced elytra that are hard to see.
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I would go ahead and post it on bugguide and see what they say.
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