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Queen Anne's Ant - Formica
Copyright © 2007 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Queen Anne's Ant - Formica
Bartel Grasslands Preserve, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 28, 2007
Size: medium
These ants were all over about a third of the Queen Anne's Lace flowers I inspected, usually 3-12 per flower
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 29 July, 2007 - 9:05am
Last updated 23 August, 2007 - 10:01pm

Formica sp. (fusca group) - worker
Many, if not all, species of this group are fond of nectar of Apiaceae. Example of a partly reddish, instead of all black, species
… Richard Vernier, 29 July, 2007 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

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