Favoritos de jdee

in iltter
Queen Length 4 mm

suburban lawn

in leaf litter

in litter beneath shrubs, edge of sandy beach at lakeside
19v24 added an image of head and mesosoma of plagiatus for comparison

Not sure, first Ode of the year.

My guess is Lancet. There were two on the grass, and one got away on me.

in litter
length: 3.6 mm

in litter
with Collembola prey

with Rove Beetle prey
(ant damaged during collection)

leaf litter beneath trees and shrubs.
note: no erect hairs on scape and hind tibia

wandering on city sidewalk; 1st this year; very common

Myrmica sculptilis
in litter
length: 3.48 mm

single ant wandering in suburban garden
length: 4.16 mm
ref: 10iv24-1

in leaf litter
Queen; length: 3.0 mm
ID needed; in same sample as 5 T. ambiguus workers

in leaf litter
length: 9.2 mm

in leaf litter
length 4.8 mm

from leaf litter
length: 2.8 mm

extracted from leaf litter.
body length 5 mm

in leaf litter
body length 1.5 mm

in leaf litter
length: 2 mm

in leaf litter
length: 3 mm

(larva) length 17 mm
in leaf litter

length 3 mm
in leaf litter; there's a whole new world of bugs in soil/leaf litter but needs some type of magnifier to appreciate it.

beneath a rock
(name in AntWeb)

Seen two days earlier. In this one, some tufts are visible under the tip of the abdomen. Not sure if the view is clear enough.
@matthias22

Moving on top of snow, temp ~4C. 1-2 mm in size.