Formica pallidefulva. This young ant has just eclosed from a pupa and her integument is still pale and soft. She will darken over time. Champaign, 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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Formica obscuriventris

South Bristol, New York, USA

Formica oreas

Carson Pass, California, USA

A worker ant (Formica pallidefulva) forages on a black-eyed susan. This ant species is common in urban lawns and gardens throughout eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Formica pallidefulva. Ants as earthbound creatures are not ideal pollinators, but they can carry pollen over short distances.

Champaign, Illinois, USA

Formica pallidefulva. This young ant has just eclosed from a pupa and her integument is still pale and soft. She will darken over time.

Champaign, Illinois, USA

A Formica pallidefulva worker forages for nectar in a spring dandelion.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Southern populations of Formica pallidefulva are much lighter in color than their northern counterparts.

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Formica pallidefulva

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Formica pergandei carry a caterpillar they have caught back to the nest.

South Bristol, New York, USA

Formica pallidefulva. This young ant has just eclosed from a pupa and her integument is still pale and soft. She will darken over time.

Champaign, Illinois, USA

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Keywords: yellow insect development insects pale teneral callow metamorphosis pupae formicidae formicinae pallidefulva formica pallidefulva sclerotization

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Formica

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