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Young Worker Ant Posts: 30 05/02/2013 7:36 PM	Tags : None Not an ant but looks very much like a camponotus to me. Found in leaf litter in Philadelphia. Any info would be great.
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Posts: 31215 05/02/2013 9:35 PM Borg Ant, Your Forum Overlord & Basic English Cop/Enforcer/Police.	A termite? Quote of the Week: Have I told you how much I like ants, huh? Especially fried in a subtle blend of mech fluid and grated gears?" --Rampage to Inferno, "Transmutate" (S2E10) in Transformers (Beast Wars). Ant(Dude) @ The Ant Farm (Personal Web Site), Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL), and The Ant Farm and Myrmecology Forum.
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Henchant Posts: 1333 05/02/2013 9:56 PM Chocolate Covered Ant Keeper	Definitely not a termite! I am not certain, but I look forward to when you find out! __________________________________ Central, Ohio. USA. Ant Journal My Flickr Page MrILoveTheAnts: I think ants are over rated
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 30 05/03/2013 6:04 AM	Looks like its a type of blister beetle. A Beatle in the family Meloidae. I did see it secreting a liquid onto the side of the test tube. Glad I didn't get any on me.
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Loyal Worker Ant Posts: 600 05/03/2013 7:41 AM	Not a blister beetle, but a rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae.
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Young Worker Ant Posts: 30 05/03/2013 6:23 PM	Oh, ok. Thanks. Yup, I think you nailed it.
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