Tetramorium caespitum
Tetramorium caespitum is also known as the pavement ant. It occurs widely throughout North America. It is the most common European species in the Tetramorium genus. This species is susceptible to fungal pathogens and other ant species that parasitize the colony to take control.
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Species: Tetramorium caespitum
Photograph: © 2017 RKD Peterson
Date of Photograph: 27 May 2017
Location: Montana, Gallatin Co. (45o43'41" N 111o08'11" W)