Formica montana, a dominant prairie ant, tending Publilia treehoppers. Lake Forest, Illinois, 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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A Formica moki worker transports a stink bug she has caught back to her nest.

Solano County, California, USA

Formica moki is one of the most commonly encountered ants in mid-elevation California.

Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA

Formica montana, a dominant prairie ant, tending Publilia treehoppers.

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA

Formica montana tending Publilia treehopper nymphs for honeydew.

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA

Formica montana

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA

Portrait of the prairie mound ant Formica montana

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA

Formica neogagates

South Bristol, New York, USA

Formica neorufibarbis is an ant adapted to an extremely short growing season. This species is typically found at high elevations and in boreal forests across North America.

Sagehen Creek, California, USA

Formica obscuripes thatch mound nest. A number of northern Formica species build mounds like these to capture thermal energy in an otherwise cold climate.

Sagehen Creek, California, USA

Formica montana, a dominant prairie ant, tending Publilia treehoppers.

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA

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Keywords: prairie ants ecology formicinae membracidae

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