Red wood ant

Formica rufa
Ants (Formicidae)

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Large Ant with orange-red breast and black brown head, rear body and legs. The ♂ is completely black.

Digs nests partly below and on the surface, when disturbed they are aggressive and bites and excretes acid. Feeds on insects and honeydew of aphids. A colony exists mainly of ♀, only in the mating season there are ♂ which die after mating.

⇔ l. 6-11 mm

syn. Southern wood ant, Horse ant

LA:
≈ The FORMICA POLYCTENA (European red wood ant) is very similar and mixes with this one. No photo available.

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