Formica rubicunda slave-raiding ant. Gray Summit, Missouri, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Formica

is an ubiquitous formicine genus across temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. These large, alert ants are diverse in behavior and ecology. Formica includes some slave-raiders as well as less extreme forms of social parasitism.

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Formica rubicunda slave-raiding ant.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA

A Formica sibylla worker has found the carcass of a ground beetle and is carrying it back to her nest. Ants are among the most important scavengers in terrestrial ecosystems.

Blodgett Forest Research Station, California, USA

Formica sibylla

Sagehen Creek, California, USA

Formica subintegra with a queen pupa they have stolen during an afternoon slave-raid.

South Bristol, New York, USA

Formica subsericea

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Formica subsericea, the silky field ant, is one of the most common insects in eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Formica rubicunda slave-raiding ant.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA

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Keywords: formicinae worker ant red and black ant formica rubicunda

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