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[AntsNY]

Update: Identified as Formica glacialis by Doctorant.

 

1. Location of collection: Albion, NY
2. Date of collection: 5/27/2015
3. Habitat of collection: Nesting in old clumpy sawdust
4. Length (from head to gaster): 12mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Solid black
 

6. Distinguishing characteristics: - Very compact looking ant, fat and boxy
7. Anything else distinctive: - Waist is short and hard to see between thorax and abdomen
8. Nest description: -

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Edited by AntsNY, May 27 2015 - 4:36 PM.

[Ants4fun]

Looks like Formica.
pallidefulva maybe?

[Jonathan21700]

Formica sp. but I don't think it's F. pallidefulva because they have a much lighter color.

Edited by Jonathan21700, May 27 2015 - 12:36 PM.

[123LordOfAnts123]

I'll echo the others and say Formica with confidence.

Formica pallidefulva does have a dark color form, but it at most appears as a dark reddish-brown.

[drtrmiller]

Indeed, the root of "pallidefulva," pallid, literally means of a sickly pale color.

[AntsNY]

Doctorant identified it as Formica glacialis. I totally agree.