Smooth Brachymyrmex Ant
Brachymyrmex depilis
The Smooth Brachymyrmex Ant is a very small, soil-nesting ant found in open woodlands, grasslands, lawns, and disturbed ground in parts of North America. Workers forage for tiny food items, including sugary honeydew from sap-feeding insects and small bits of dead insects or other organic matter. Its colonies are often hidden under stones, in soil, or beneath leaf litter, so the ant is more often noticed as a delicate moving speck than as a conspicuous mound-builder. A notable trait is its smooth, reduced body hair, reflected in the scientific name depilis, meaning hairless or nearly hairless.
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