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Ghost Ants

Tapinoma melanocephalum

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

I left a few drops of orange soda on the balcony and a swarm of these tiny ants came and drank it all up. You can see the orange soda in their translucent abdomens.

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PublishedOctober 26, 2013

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