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Fire Ants

Solenopsis invicta

2 Species ID Suggestions

Weaver ant
Oecophylla sp.
Asian weaver ant
Oecophylla smaragdina


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2 Comments

jumpingspiderman
jumpingspiderman 12 years ago

Nice photo! I don't think these are "true" fire ants though. I think these are actually weaver ants in the genus Oecophylla. Although these weaver ants are sometimes called fire ants, "real" fire ants belong to the genus Solenopsis. Compare these photos of weaver ants: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oecophyll...
to this photo of a Solenopsis fire ant: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urba...

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

Very beautiful and crispy close up!

Malcolm Abidin
Spotted by
Malcolm Abidin

Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Dec 26, 2010
Submitted on Feb 8, 2012

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