Formica rufa
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Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group, being described by Linnaeus
A Formica rufa sideview
A caterpillar being bitten by F. rufa
Patrolling F. rufa
Detail of the head. Picture from antweb.org casent0173863
Formica rufa species group
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The Formica rufa group is a subgeneric group within the genus Formica, first proposed by William Morton Wheeler. This group contains the mound-building species of Formica commonly termed "wood ants" o
Formica rufa
…Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group, being described by Linnaeus. It is native to Eurasia, with a recorded distribution stretching from the…
Formicidae Formica rufa
Typical Formica thatch mound made of forest litter on rotten stump, covered by worker ants going out to forage