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jjjenkin Columbia, MD(Zone 6a) Apr 07, 2019

Good afternoon.

I'm trying to identify this likely common winged ant. Coming out of driveway area in Howard County, Maryland.

Thank you!

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Apr 07, 2019

I am no expert but they look like termites to me. Termites come out like that in spring.
Google termites and compare to yours.

Here is a good article on them
https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef604

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 08, 2019

Definitely NOT termites - these all are male ants that I cannot identify to species. See if you can find and photograph some females.

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jjjenkin Columbia, MD(Zone 6a) Apr 08, 2019

Thanks Flapdoodle. First post scared me. It seemed like the winged ants were interacting with the orange ones (I think I caught one in one of the photos).

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 09, 2019

Some species in the genera Formica and Lasius have yellowish-orange females and black males, but again, a specific i.d. is not possible from these images.

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