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last updated 4.Dec.2004


Formica rufa group

Ants of the Formica rufa group are large, aggressive, ecologically dominant ants in the northern hemisphere.  Some European species are among the few ants with legal protection because of their importance in the control of forest insect pests.

Many rufa group species construct large thatch mounds (such as this one) and most are probably temporary social parasites of Formica fusca group ants during nest founding.


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Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica integroides

Formica obscuripes

Formica obscuripes

Formica obscuripes

Formica obscuripes

Formica
obscuriventris

Formica
obscuriventris

Formica
obscuriventris

Formica
obscuriventris

Formica
oreas

Formica
oreas

Formica
oreas

Formica ravida

Formica ravida

Formica ravida

Formica ravida

Formica ravida and
Polyergus breviceps


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