The Ants of Ohio

A comprehensive list of the ant taxa known from Ohio. This list will be updated as new species are found, and is current as of November 2020. Not listed, but known from Ohio: Strumigenys bimarginata, Strumigenys hyalina, Strumigenys missouriensis, Strumigenys ohioensis, Temnothorax duloticus, ...more ↓

Longhorn Crazy Ant 4
Paratrechina longicornis
Little Crazy Ant 5
Nylanderia parvula
Small Honey Ant 7
Prenolepis imparis
Hairless Rover Ant 8
Brachymyrmex depilis
New World Fuzzy Ant 9
Lasius nearcticus
Murphy's Fuzzy Ant 1
Lasius murphyi
Wide-footed Fuzzy Ant 11
Lasius latipes
larger yellow ant
Lasius interjectus
Smaller Yellow Ant 12
Lasius claviger
American Cornfield Ant 14
Lasius americanus
Shaded Fuzzy Ant 15
Lasius aphidicola
Shiny Polyergus 16
Polyergus lucidus
Northern Red Wood Ant 23
Formica obscuriventris
New World Black Ant 9
Formica neogagates
Prairie Mound Ant 24
Formica montana
Hercules Ant 33
Camponotus herculeanus
smaller carpenter ant
Camponotus nearcticus
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant 9
Camponotus chromaiodes
Chestnut Carpenter Ant 4
Camponotus castaneus
American Carpenter Ant 34
Camponotus americanus
Walnut Carpenter Ant 35
Camponotus caryae

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