Liometopum (Velvety tree ants)

CHP: Traffic Hazard at Highway 299 and Junction City Dump Rd 3:26 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/sep/29/#incident-1094350">TRAFFIC STOP &#8212; 1900 block of BROADWAY ST 3:23 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/sep/29/#incident-1094360">EUREKA MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION &#8212; 4800 block of THIRD ST 3:12 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/sep/29/#incident-1094359">EUREKA MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION &#8212; 200 block of THIRD ST 3:10 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/sep/29/#incident-1094353">EUREKA MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION &#8212; E ST 3:04 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/sep/29/#incident-1094361">DISTURBANCE MAN WOMAN &#8212; 100 block of W CLARK ST 2:58 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2025/sep/29/#incident-1094356">RECKLESS DRIVER &#8212; S HIGHWAY 101 2:54 p.m.

Liometopum occidentale. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Liometopum is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae, found in North America, Europe and Asia.

Species: Liometopum occidentale (Western velvety tree ant)