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Carpenter Ants (or nymph?) on Vernonia plant flower

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Field Notes

Description:

These ants were all over the plant. One appeared to have a purple bloom. The ants were all over the flower heads without the actual flower.

Notes:

Thanks for the ID help.
Possibly a nymph?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Mandy Hollman
Those might actually be some kind of nymph, not ants. Cool find!
Ashish
First 2 pictures are must separate and add as plant spotting. Thats Vernonia plant.
Ashish
A kind of carpenter ants.

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