2.4-2.8mm, 2.4mm being curled up size
Tried digging a colony with antvac, didnt work
Colonies were all over the clearing underneath the powerlines, colonies ranging from several workers to low 100s were very common.
nesting under bark of a hardwood log
i wonder what this ant was carrying. it was having some difficulty with it. it looked kind of like a section of an arthropod