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#1 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted May 28 2017 - 9:35 AM

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1. Location of collection: Freedom, New Hampshire
2. Date of collection: 5/28/17
3. Habitat of collection: Dense forest on a patch of an open sandy area.
4. Length (from head to gaster): ~3 mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Yellow-gray head and gaster, yellow-orange mesosoma.
6. Distinguishing characteristics: So small that I can't make out anything.
7. Distinguishing behavior: Nothing too abnormal.
8. Nest description: No nest found

 

I have no ides what this is. At first glance it looked like Lasius, but it was too small and the gaster is really pointy, and the head is large. I was thinking Nylanderia, but I didn't think their distribution stretched this far North.

 

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#2 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted May 28 2017 - 11:05 AM

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It could be Nylanderia parvula spreading north from New York and Massachusetts. 



#3 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted May 28 2017 - 11:12 AM

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It could be Nylanderia parvula spreading north from New York and Massachusetts. 

Could be. The invasive Nylanderia flavipes is also a possibility. 






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