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.
Cocoa, Florida, United States
Spotted on Aug 30, 2012
Submitted on Aug 30, 2012
2 Comments
That's the bug! Thanks for the ID, Tamar.
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.