Black bog ant  (Formica candida)

Authentication

Information supplied and authenticated by Bryan Pinchen (independent ecologist).

Glossary

  • Pupae: stage in an insect's development when huge changes occur, which reorganise the larval form into the adult form. In butterflies the pupa is also called a chrysalis.

References

  1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (May 2002) http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn/
  2. UK BAP (August 2002): http://www.ukbap.org.uk
  3. Falk, S (1991) A review of the scarce and threatened bees, wasps and ants of Great Britain. Nature Conservancy Council, Peterborough
  4. Shirt, D. B. (Ed) (1987) British Red Data Books Part 2: Insects. Nature Conservancy Council, Peterborough.
  5. Pinchen, B.J. (2003) Pers. Comm.
  6. Pinchen, B.J. (2001) Action for Biodiversity; BAP Aculeates. English Nature Research Report Number 402. English Nature, Peterborough.
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