Ants of the genus Myrmica are difficult to identify to species, as they differ in subtle microscopic features of the antennae and body sculpturing. But Myrmica punctiventris is one of the easiest, owing to its relatively long waist spines and tiny punctures on the abdomen. Tennessee.

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This Myrmica ant belongs to a common species everyone knows about but is still not formally described. Photographed in Illinois.

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