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help ID this insect

ferncreek
18 years ago

Hi - I tried taking a photos, but they came out a blurrrrrr....

The insects are in a large group on the underside of a cornus florida branch. They resemble black ants, but their abdomens are a bright orangish-red, & their legs are long & bend up first, then down, so that part of the leg is above the body. The abdomen is tipped up at the back. They're building an octogon- or hexagon-shaped group of "cells" on the tree...

I have searched online & in books & can't find them. What are they?

Thanks!

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