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[ColAnt735]

1. Location of collection: Niagara Falls
2. Date of collection:  2/6/22 (6/2/22 for the Americans)
3. Habitat of collection: under some leaf litter
4. Length (from head to gaster): 7mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: black on the head,gaster, and the top of the mesosoma. Reddish orange on her legs and dark red on the sides of the mesosoma

6. Nuptial flight time and date: Not sure.

My guess is Aphaenogaster fulva-rudis-texana complex

Edited by ColAnt735, June 3 2022 - 6:09 AM.

[United-Ants]

it likely it is Aphaenogaster carolinensis

[OiledOlives]

I can't open the images but it is more likely another member of the A. fulva-rudis-texana complex if it is indeed Aphaenogaster.