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ID? State College, PA - 9/1/15 - Queen_1

Started By Works4TheGood , Sep 1 2015 5:55 PM

Best Answer James C. Trager , September 2 2015 - 4:59 AM

Aphaenogaster fulva

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#1 Offline Works4TheGood - Posted September 1 2015 - 5:55 PM

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Location of collection: State College, PA. Suburban driveway.

Date of collection: 08/27/15

Habitat of collection: My driveway in the suburbs of State College, PA

Length: See pics for scale

Distinguishing characteristics: Gave off an extremely potent and foul odor as I was trying to catch it.

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#2 Offline LC3 - Posted September 1 2015 - 6:22 PM

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Definitely Aphaenogaster. Not sure what species it is though there are a decent amount of species a long the east of North America. I'm thinking its either A. rudis, A. treatae or A.fulva.