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The Ants of Massachusetts

A compilation of all the currently known species found in Massachusetts. This guide is inclusive to exotic species that can be found in the natural ecosystems of MA, although it ignores any species that are found in greenhouses or any other artificial, man-made ecosystems/habitats.
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Tawny Collared Ant 1
Aphaenogaster fulva
Aphaenogaster lamellidens 1
Pitch-black Collared Ant 2
Aphaenogaster picea
Winnow Ant 1
Aphaenogaster rudis
Tennessee Thread-waisted Ant 3
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Treat's Collared Ant 4
Aphaenogaster treatae
Hairless Rover Ant 5
Brachymyrmex depilis
Asian Needle Ant 4
Brachyponera chinensis
American Carpenter Ant 6
Camponotus americanus
Walnut Carpenter Ant 7
Camponotus caryae
Chestnut Carpenter Ant 8
Camponotus castaneus
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant 1
Camponotus chromaiodes
Camponotus discolor 6
Hercules Ant 9
Camponotus herculeanus
smaller carpenter ant 1
Camponotus nearcticus
New York Carpenter Ant 1
Camponotus novaeboracensis
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant 10
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Bearded Carpenter ant 11
Camponotus subbarbatus
Cherry Ant 12
Crematogaster cerasi
Small-lined Crematogaster 13
Crematogaster lineolata
Dolichoderus mariae 9
Mottled Dolichoderus 14
Dolichoderus plagiatus
Dolichoderus pustulatus 1
Taschenberg's Dolichoderus 15
Dolichoderus taschenbergi
High Noon Ant 16
Forelius pruinosus
Silvery Field Ant 17
Formica argentea
Formica aserva 4
Formica biophilica 18
Formica creightoni 19
Formica difficilis 20
Formica dolosa 21
Allegheny Mound Ant 22
Formica exsectoides
Formica glacialis 23
Formica impexa 19
Uncertain Field Ant 24
Formica incerta
Formica integra 25
Formica knighti
Formica lasioides 4
Formica morsei
New World Black Ant 1
Formica neogagates
Formica neorufibarbis 23
Formica nepticula
Western Thatching Ant 26
Formica obscuripes
Northern Red Wood Ant 27
Formica obscuriventris
Pale Field Ant 1
Formica pallidefulva
Formica pergandei 28
Formica querquetulana
Formica rubicunda 23
Formica subaenescens 29
Formica subintegra 30
Silky Field Ant 1
Formica subsericea
Formica ulkei 31
Formicoxenus provancheri
Hypoponera opacior 4
Roger's Crypt Ant 32
Hypoponera punctatissima
Murphy's Fuzzy Ant 33
Lasius murphyi
American Cornfield Ant 34
Lasius americanus
Shaded Fuzzy Ant 35
Lasius aphidicola
Lasius brevicornis 36
Smaller Yellow Ant 25
Lasius claviger
larger yellow ant
Lasius interjectus
Wide-footed Fuzzy Ant 4
Lasius latipes
Lasius minutus 37
New World Fuzzy Ant 1
Lasius nearcticus
Turfgrass Ant 38
Lasius neoniger
Subterranean Aphid-tending Ant 39
Lasius pallitarsis
Lasius speculiventris
Lasius subglaber 27
Furrowed Monomorium 4
Monomorium emarginatum
Little Black Ant 6
Monomorium minimum
Monomorium viridum
American Myrmecina 40
Myrmecina americana
American Myrmica 41
Myrmica americana
Eroded Ant 23
Myrmica detritinodis
Broken-horned Ant 42
Myrmica fracticornis
Incomplete Ant 4
Myrmica incompleta
Lobe-fronted Ant 27
Myrmica lobifrons
Wide-faced Ant 43
Myrmica latifrons
Myrmica nearctica
Ant of the Pines 4
Myrmica pinetorum
Punctured Ant 4
Myrmica punctiventris
European fire ant 44
Myrmica rubra
Scabrous Ant 45
Myrmica scabrinodis
Myrmica sculptilis
Myrmica semiparasitica
Myrmica spatulata 30
Yellow-footed Ant 46
Nylanderia flavipes
Little Crazy Ant 47
Nylanderia parvula
Hairy Pheidole 41
Pheidole pilifera
Shiny Polyergus 48
Polyergus lucidus
Polyergus sanwaldi
Pennsylvania Ponera 1
Ponera pennsylvanica
Small Honey Ant 49
Prenolepis imparis
Fat Curltail Ant 14
Proceratium crassicorne
Proceratium pergandei 34
Proceratium silaceum 50
Solenopsis carolinensis
Thief Ant 51
Solenopsis molesta
Texas Thief Ant 40
Solenopsis texana
Stenamma brevicorne 27

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