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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alexwild > Formica accreta

El Dorado County, California, USA

alexwild > Formica aerata, the California grey field ant, tending aphids on a willow branch.

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA

alexwild > Formica aerata, the grey field ant

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA

alexwild > Formica argentea male

Emigrant Gap, California, USA

alexwild > Formica argentea (the silver/grey ant) is a frequent host species for the 'slave-raiding' ant Polyergus breviceps (red). Here, I have disturbed a hibernating nest in early spring. The red Polyergus are slow to wake, but their skittish captives are active earlier in the season and come to life.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA

alexwild > Formica aserva, worker.

California, USA

alexwild > Formica aserva, one of the socially parasitic Formica species.

Blodgett Forest Research Station, California, USA

alexwild > Formica exsectoides

Wisconsin, USA

Formica accreta

El Dorado County, California, USA

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