Subject: Ant under bark, Aphaenogaster sp.

Location: Upshur County, West Virginia

Stock Number: 07-23427

Comments: This species of Aphaenogaster has a translucent orange gaster. (The gaster is the large, spherical part of the abdomen.)

While this ant was found and photographed under bark, it undoubtedly was just foraging there, since all species of Aphaenogaster live in nests in the soil.