Beginners bees, wasps & ants: Myrmecina graminicola - woodlouse ant

Myrmecina graminicola - woodlouse ant

A small slow-moving black ant with pale legs and two-segmented petiole. When disturbed it tends to curl up into a ball.

 

Photo (right): Myrmecina graminicola worker by Josef Dvorak

Photo (below) M. graminicola worker by Mike Fox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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