Andy Sands / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) in defensive posture, Dorset, England, UK, May
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Andy Sands / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) in defensive posture, Dorset, England, UK, May
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Alex Hyde / Wood Ants (Formica rufa) carrying caterpillar back to their nest for the colony to eat. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. July.
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Alex Hyde / Wood Ant nest (Formica rufa) constructed from pine needles and other debris from the forest floor. Julian Alps, Slovenia, July.
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Alex Hyde / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) nest on heathland. Dorset, UK. August.
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Bernard Castelein / Red wood ant (Formica rufa) with dead Ashy mining bee (Adrena cineraria), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, April.
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Kim Taylor / Wood ants (Formica rufa) jetting formic acid to protect their nest. Surrey, England, June. Digital Composite.
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Adrian Davies / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) nest in coniferous woodland. Snowdonia, Wales, UK, October.
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Adrian Davies / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) nest in coniferous woodland. Snowdonia, Wales, UK, October.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Red Wood Ants (Formica rufa) predating a beetle, Joutsa (formerly Leivonmaki), Finland, July.
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Brian Bevan / Wood ant (Formica rufa) workers entering and leaving nest, Bedfordshire, UK.
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Staffan Widstrand / Ant hill made by Red wood ants (Formica rufa) in forest, Parlalven old-growth wilderness forest Nature Reserve, Norrbotten, Sapmi, Lapland, Sweden. August.