<em>Lasius claviger</em> specimen. Contributed by <a href='https://www.antweb.org/bigPicture.do?name=casent0103542&shot=p&number=1'>April Nobile</a>. (Photo ID: 73937 - Psn: 8)

Lasius claviger specimen. Contributed by April Nobile.

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Baltimore Co., Maryland (2/6/2017).

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A Smaller Yellow Ant in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/21/2017). Determined by James Trager.

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<em>Lasius claviger</em> in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/16/2014). (Photo ID: 20071 - Psn: 25)

Lasius claviger in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/16/2014).

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A Smaller Yellow Ant in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/21/2017). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide.

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A Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/21/2020). Determined by James C. Trager and Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide.

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Carroll Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1250109 - Psn: 48)

Smaller Yellow Ant in Carroll Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A <em>Lasius claviger</em> in Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). (Photo ID: 13604 - Psn: 50)

A Lasius claviger in Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014).

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Smaller Yellow Ants in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/3/2016). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide.

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Carroll Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/28/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1248128 - Psn: 55)

Smaller Yellow Ant in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/28/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/29/2014). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide.

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/26/2023). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 1227212 - Psn: 68)

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/26/2023). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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<em>Lasius claviger</em> in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/23/2014). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide. (Photo ID: 22439 - Psn: 70)

Lasius claviger in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/23/2014). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide.

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/24/2013). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 1188078 - Psn: 77)

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/24/2013). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/28/2020). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1227248 - Psn: 77)

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Kent Co., Maryland (11/6/2024). (c) Jeremy Liberman, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1155675 - Psn: 78)

Smaller Yellow Ant in Kent Co., Maryland (11/6/2024). (c) Jeremy Liberman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (1/9/2021). (c) Gray Catanzaro, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1213329 - Psn: 78)

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (1/9/2021). (c) Gray Catanzaro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/23/2013). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 1227243 - Psn: 78)

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/23/2013). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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A <em>Lasius claviger</em> queen found under a brick in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/23/2014). Determined by Brendon E. Boudinot/BugGuide. (Photo ID: 22273 - Psn: 80)

A Lasius claviger queen found under a brick in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/23/2014). Determined by Brendon E. Boudinot/BugGuide.

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (1/19/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1161543 - Psn: 88)

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (1/1/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1227217 - Psn: 88)

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (1/1/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/28/2020). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1227247 - Psn: 88)

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Status

An ant found in a variety of forest and open-area habitats including both dry upland forests and mesic lowland forests, open woods, woods edges, semi-open areas, fields, pastures, and roadsides. Smith (1979) notes that it is a common house pest. (See Frye et al., 2014)

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Social parasite of other Lasius species.

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Lasius claviger specimen. Contributed by April Nobile. View Record Details Media by AntWeb Data.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Baltimore Co., Maryland (2/6/2017). View Record Details Media by Emily Stanley.

A Smaller Yellow Ant in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/21/2017). Determined by James Trager. View Record Details Media by Barbara Thurlow.

Lasius claviger in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/16/2014). View Record Details Media by Jesse Christopherson.

A Smaller Yellow Ant in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/21/2017). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Judy Gallagher.

A Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/21/2020). Determined by James C. Trager and Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Jim Moore.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Carroll Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by bugologist2 via iNaturalist.

A Lasius claviger in Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Media by Tim Foard.

Smaller Yellow Ants in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/3/2016). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Lynn Strauss.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Carroll Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by bugologist2 via iNaturalist.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/28/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Frode Jacobsen.

A Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/29/2014). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Jesse Christopherson.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (2/26/2023). (c) Adrienne van den Beemt, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Adrienne van den Beemt.

Lasius claviger in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/23/2014). Determined by James C. Trager/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Jesse Christopherson.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/24/2013). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Even Dankowicz via iNaturalist.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Kent Co., Maryland (11/6/2024). (c) Jeremy Liberman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jeremy Liberman via iNaturalist.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (1/9/2021). (c) Gray Catanzaro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Gray Catanzaro via iNaturalist.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/23/2013). (c) Even Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Even Dankowicz via iNaturalist.

A Lasius claviger queen found under a brick in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/23/2014). Determined by Brendon E. Boudinot/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Jesse Christopherson.

Smaller Yellow Ant in Montgomery Co., Maryland (1/1/2023). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist.

Source: Wikipedia

Smaller yellow ant

Lasius claviger worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Lasius
Species:	L. claviger
Binomial name
*Lasius claviger* Roger, 1862

Lasius claviger, or the smaller yellow ant,^[1] is a species of ant belonging to the genus Lasius, formerly a part of the genus (now subgenus) Acanthomyops. Described in 1862 by Roger, the species is native to the United States.^[2]^[3]

References

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^ Jacobs, S. (2014), Citronella ants. Entomological Notes. (PDF), Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, retrieved 2 February 2015
^ Bolton, B (1995). A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. p. 53.
^ Wing, M.W. (1968). Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic genus Acanthomyops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). New York: Cornell University. p. 67.

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Taxon identifiers
Lasius claviger	Wikidata: Q13385374 BOLD: 69093 BugGuide: 224321 EoL: 600033 EPPO: LASICL GBIF: 8350691 iNaturalist: 222712 Insecta.pro: 127044 NatureServe: 2.820319 NCBI: 611227 Open Tree of Life: 1093643

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Smaller Yellow Ant

Lasius claviger Roger, 1862

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