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Elongate Twig Ant

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Description:

5/8 inch long

Habitat:

spotted on hoya flower in semi-woode area

Notes:

Possibly a type of wingless wasp? These things bite like the dickens.

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2 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

That's the bug! Thanks for the ID, Tamar.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Hi Nance! I am not absolutely sure on this, but it looks similar to Genus Pseudomyrmex.
I think it resembles Pseudomyrmex gracilis the most but I am not 100% confident with that as the ID.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/165312

See what you think.

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Cocoa, Florida, United States

Spotted on Aug 30, 2012
Submitted on Aug 30, 2012

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