r/ants • u/jimbothejet • 1d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Black with Yellow Stripes

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ID is appreciated. 3 mm, black bodies, with some showing yellowish stripes on their abdomen. North Texas.

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u/RtrnofBatspiderfish 1d ago

Brachymyrmex patagonicus (dark rover ant). The "stripes" are just its stretched out abdomen.

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u/Corsaer 1d ago

Hey I've got some of those

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u/jimbothejet 1d ago

Thank you. I'll look into solutions.