Ants – OhioAnts

Brachymyrmex depilis

The species name depilis means without hair. These tiny, mostly subterranean ants apparently receive most of their nutrition from honeydew-producing insects on the roots...

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Cardiochondyla obscurior

This is an Old World genus of small, omnivorous ants that contains several cosmopolitan tramp species (Seifert 2003). Whereas most invasive and pest ants...

Aphaenogaster fulva

Medium to very dark reddish-brown, mandibles slightly paler, antennae apically and legs apically and basally paler; head with rugoes/reticulate sculpture, alitrunk rugose/puntate, both moderately...

Proceratium croceum

Brownish-orange to reddish-brown, including mandibles and appendages; head and alitrunk coarsely sculptured. Recognized by the shape of the petiolar node and the larger size....

Amblyopone pallipes

A. pallipes is variable, but typically-brown to very dark reddish-brown with mandibles, antennae, and legs yellowish-brown; tenerals (incompletely pigmented adults) common, paler, mottled with...

Camponotus castaneus

Pale brownish-yellow to orangish-brown, alitrunk often slightly paler than head and gaster, mandibles usually darker than head, antennae slightly darker, legs concolorous; body with...

Aphaenogaster picea

Dark reddish-brown to dark blackish-brown, mandibles and apical four segments of antennae slightly paler, legs often distinctly paler (light to dary yellowish-brown but often...

Hypoponera ragusai

Light to medium brownish-yellow; head very finely punctate,glossy. The broader, subrectangular petiolar scale will distinguish this spe¬≠cies from H. opacior and the small size...

Proceratium silaceum

Orangish to reddish-brown, legs somewhat paler, head and alitrunk distinctly sculptured but surface largely glossy; body finely pubescent. The smaller size and petiole shape...

Solenopsis molesta

This is one of Ohio’s smallest species of ants, and our most commonly encounteredSolenopsis. Named the Thief Ant because this diminutive ant often lives...

Ponera pennsylvanica

Variable, but typically very dark reddish-brown to nearly black, mandibles, append ages, and the tip of the gaster paler (brownish-yellow to yellowish-brown); head and...

Prenolepis imparis

One of the earliest ants to appear in the spring, it prefers cooler temperatures for foraging than most of our ants. This common species...

Proceratium pergandei

Reddish-brown, antennae and legs paler, head and alitrunk finely sculptured, surface moderately dull; body finely pubescent. This very distinct species has a low, rounded...

Lasius Neoniger

This is the dominant ant of open lawns and¬†fields in our area, and is replaced in woodlands by L. alienus. It is one of...

Aphaenogaster mariae

Medium to dark reddish-brown, base of gaster paler, mandibles, antennae apically, coxae, and tarsi slightly to distinctly paler; head and alitrunk with moderately coarse...

Aphaenogaster lamellidens

Orangish- to reddish-brown, gaster somewhat paler (yellowish-brown), body darker overall in one variety, mandibles and antennal funiculus paler, legs paler basally and apically, especially...

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