PLATES
── Specimen Archive / Visual Index
Plate
gallery.
Every cataloged species, laid out as a wall of specimen plates. Each card carries scale, sting profile, group code, and the diagnostic sentence used in the field, click through to the full dossier.
SPEC·001Outdoor Mound / Turf
Lat. view
Polymorphic workers
Red Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta
Stings6 baits
SPEC·002Structural Invader
Lat. view
2.4–3.3 mm; uniformly dark brown to black
Odorous House Ant
Tapinoma sessile
No sting5 baits
SPEC·003Structural Invader
Lat. view
Polymorphic
Carpenter Ant
Camponotus spp. (chiefly C. pennsylvanicus, C. modoc, C. floridanus)
No sting5 baits
SPEC·004Invasive Tramp
Lat. view
~2.3 mm; monomorphic; uniform reddish-brown 'tawny' color.
Tawny Crazy Ant
Nylanderia fulva
No sting5 baits
SPEC·005Structural Invader
Lat. view
1.5–2 mm; pale yellow to honey-orange with a darker gaster tip.
Pharaoh Ant
Monomorium pharaonis
Stings5 baits
SPEC·006Structural Invader
Lat. view
~2.5–4 mm; light brown to black
Acrobat Ant
Crematogaster spp.
Bite only4 baits
SPEC·007Structural Invader
Lat. view
1.5–2 mm; pale yellow to dark brown.
Rover Ant
Brachymyrmex patagonicus
No sting4 baits
SPEC·008Structural Invader
Lat. view
~1.5 mm; shiny jet black
Little Black Ant
Monomorium minimum
Stings4 baits
SPEC·009Outdoor Mound / Turf
Lat. view
~2.5–3 mm; reddish-brown to dark brown.
Pyramid Ant
Dorymyrmex spp. (chiefly D. bureni, D. insanus)
No sting3 baits
SPEC·010Outdoor Mound / Turf
Lat. view
~5–10 mm; red
Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex spp. (chiefly P. barbatus, P. occidentalis, P. rugosus)
Stings3 baits
SPEC·011Structural Invader
Lat. view
2.2–2.8 mm; uniform dull medium brown
Argentine Ant
Linepithema humile
No sting5 baits
SPEC·012Structural Invader
Lat. view
2.3–3 mm; dark brown to black with bluish iridescence and very long pale legs and antennae.
Longhorn Crazy Ant
Paratrechina longicornis
No sting4 baits
SPEC·013Structural Invader
Lat. view
1.3–1.5 mm; dark head and thorax
Ghost Ant
Tapinoma melanocephalum
No sting4 baits
SPEC·014Structural Invader
Lat. view
~1.5 mm; pale yellow.
Thief Ant
Solenopsis molesta complex
Stings4 baits
SPEC·015Regional Specialty
10× scale
Lat. view
AT
Polymorphic
Texas Leafcutter Ant
Atta texana
No sting3 baits
SPEC·016Structural Invader
Lat. view
2.5–3 mm; dark brown to black with paler legs.
Pavement Ant
Tetramorium immigrans
Stings4 baits
SPEC·017Structural Invader
Lat. view
~4 mm workers; alates larger.
Citronella Ant
Lasius interjectus / L. claviger
No sting2 baits
SPEC·018Outdoor Mound / Turf
Lat. view
4–8 mm; black
Field Ant
Formica spp.
No sting3 baits
SPEC·019Outdoor Mound / Turf
Lat. view
3–6 mm; reddish-orange head and thorax with black gaster.
Allegheny Mound Ant
Formica exsectoides
No sting4 baits
SPEC·020Outdoor Mound / Turf
Lat. view
2.5–3 mm; light to medium brown.
Cornfield Ant
Lasius neoniger
No sting3 baits
SPEC·021Structural Invader
Lat. view
2.5–3 mm; black body with sharply contrasting pale yellow-white feet (tarsi).
White-Footed Ant
Technomyrmex difficilis (formerly attributed to T. albipes complex)
No sting4 baits
Plate convention
Photographic plates are drawn from open scientific archives and credited to their photographers on each species dossier. Where no photograph is yet available, plates fall back to a typographic stand-in (genus + species initial) inside a crosshair frame at notional 10× scale.