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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Formicini » Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants (Formica) » pallidefulva group (Formica pallidefulva group) » Formica pallidefulva
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dark red and black ant - Formica pallidefulva
Copyright © 2020 Larry Reis

dark red and black ant - Formica pallidefulva
Lake Meyer Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 24, 2019
Size: ~5 mm
I'm slowly trying to learn what ants are in my area. This one doesn't look quite like the New York carpenter ant that is also black and red but maybe they can vary in color.

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dark red and black ant - Formica pallidefulva dark red and black ant - Formica pallidefulva dark red and black ant - Formica pallidefulva dark red and black ant - Formica pallidefulva
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Contributed by Larry Reis on 19 June, 2020 - 9:20am
Last updated 22 June, 2020 - 3:52pm

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… James C. Trager, 22 June, 2020 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Formica pallidefulva
Thanks so much for identifying this red and black ant as Formica pallidefulva, James! I read that they are a field ant but do not build a big noticeable mound above the nest. Very interesting.
… Larry Reis, 23 June, 2020 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

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