Arthropoda: Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formica exectoides [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formica exectoides
Common Name: Alleghany Mound Ant

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Prince Georges
Date: 28 June 2001

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Keywords: A Alleghany Mound Ant ant Forest Ecology USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center soil arthropod
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Figure 1.   A nest of Alleghany Mound Ants.   This species makes the largest mounds of all ant species in Eastern U.S.



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