Lasius
is a genus of formicine ants abundant across the north temperate zone in North America and Eurasia. These small, robust ants tend to be either dark in color and surface-foraging, or pale in color and subterranean. Lasius includes a number of temporary parasites that start colonies by invading nests of free-living ants, including the endemic North American citronella ants in the subgenus Acanthomyops.
Lasius alienus is a common woodland ant in eastern North America. Note the small springtail in the foreground that apparently doesn't mind the ant's company.
Urbana, Illinois, USA
Lasius alienus is a common woodland ant in eastern North America. Note the small springtail in the foreground that apparently doesn't mind the ant's company.
Urbana, Illinois, USA
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