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Old 4/15/08, 4:26 PM
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Ditto, ant. Just remember an ant (like your aunt Bertha) has hips, termites are straight bodied. Both are vermin.
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I concur. Definitely an ant.

Note the waist.....
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I'm in the ant column now.


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Ditto, ant. Just remember an ant (like your aunt Bertha) has hips, termites are straight bodied. Both are vermin.
You calling my Aunt Bertha Vermin?

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Much, much better!

Thin waist, neck, crooked antenna, one set of wings...
That's an ant.
Ant.
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Old 4/16/08, 1:15 PM
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Ant!


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I couldn't open the zip file, but here's a pic...

THE BODY IS DIFFERENT ALSO
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Kool Graphic!

Where did you get it?


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Here Frank

http://citybugs.tamu.edu/FastSheets/Ent-1006.html


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Ant here also


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Ant =3 body sections
Termite=2 body sections. Test tube with a head!
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