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There’S A New Species Of Thief Ant Hiding In The Pine Barrens Of Rhode Island, Justin Andries
There’S A New Species Of Thief Ant Hiding In The Pine Barrens Of Rhode Island, Justin Andries
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Ants are often missed underfoot and overlooked, but they are among the most ecologically dominant groups of animals on the planet. There are more than 200 species of ants which have been scientifically recorded in New England but samples from Rhode Island represent less than a percent of the overall survey of our regional taxa. To discover the species that are found in Rhode Island, we are engaged in a multi-year and multi-location effort to systematically trap and accurately identify the ant species found in diverse rural and urban habitats …