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Ants (family formicidae)

  • Slave-making ant (Protomognathus americanus)

    Protomognathus americanus (Slave-making ant)

    Protomognathus americanus is a small, blackish-brown ‘slave-making ant’, an ant which enslaves ants of other species in order to provide…

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    2 photos

    0 videos

  • Teleutomyrmex (Teleutomyrmex schneideri)

    Teleutomyrmex schneideri (Teleutomyrmex)

    Information on Teleutomyrmex schneideri is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalotes)

    Atta cephalotes (Leaf-cutter ant)

    Atta cephalotes is a leaf-cutting, fungus-growing ant, with one of the most fascinating and complex social systems known to science…

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    31 photos

    5 videos

  • Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata)

    Paraponera clavata (Bullet ant)

    Information on the bullet ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    14 photos

    2 videos

  • Workerless inquiline ant (Pogonomyrmex colei)

    Pogonomyrmex colei (Workerless inquiline ant)

    The rare ant Pogonomyrmex colei is referred to as a ‘workerless inquiline ant’ due to the fact that it lives commensally in the nest of its…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)

    Lasius flavus (Yellow  meadow ant)

    This common ant is, as the name suggests, yellowish brown in colour. A number of features distinguish it from other similar species of ant…

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    17 photos

    2 videos

  • Dracula ant (Adetomyrma venatrix)

    Adetomyrma venatrix (Dracula ant)

    The recently discovered dracula ant (Adetomyrma venatrix) is a highly unusual species, so named because of its grisly feeding habits of…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Slave-making ant (Chalepoxenus muellerianus)

    Chalepoxenus muellerianus (Slave-making ant)

    Chalepoxenus muellerianus is a fascinating ‘slave-making ant’, so named because of its curious behaviour whereby it enslaves other species…

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    5 photos

    0 videos

  • Hairy wood ant (Formica lugubris)

    Formica lugubris (Hairy wood ant)

    The hairy wood ant (Formica lugubris) can be distinguished from the other wood ants by the possession of a fringe of hairs that reaches down…

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    6 photos

    0 videos

  • Army ant (Eciton burchellii)

    Eciton burchellii (Army ant)

    The army ant Eciton burchellii is best known for its spectacular ‘swarm raids’, in which several thousand ants swarm across the ground and…

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    14 photos

    4 videos

  • Carpenter ant (Camponotus ligniperda)

    Camponotus ligniperda (Carpenter ant)

    Information on the carpenter ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    6 photos

    0 videos

  • Amblyopone (Amblyopone trigonignatha)

    Amblyopone trigonignatha (Amblyopone)

    Information on Amblyopone trigonignatha is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    6 photos

    0 videos

  • Oxyepoecus (Oxyepoecus bruchi)

    Oxyepoecus bruchi (Oxyepoecus)

    Information on Oxyepoecus bruchi is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Ant (Pheidole oculata)

    Pheidole oculata (Ant)

    Information on Pheidole oculata is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Black bog ant (Formica candida)

    Formica candida (Black bog ant)

    This rare, medium-sized ant is black and shiny.…

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    4 photos

    0 videos

  • Rossomyrmex (Rossomyrmex proformicarum)

    Rossomyrmex proformicarum (Rossomyrmex)

    Information on Rossomyrmex proformicarum is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Myrmica (Myrmica quebecensis)

    Myrmica quebecensis (Myrmica)

    Originally described in 1981, the ant species Myrmica quebecensis is a social parasite which lives inside the colonies of another ant…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Black-backed meadow ant (Formica pratensis)

    Formica pratensis (Black-backed meadow ant)

    The black-backed meadow ant (Formica pratensis) is a large wood ant, and resembles the more common southern wood ant (Formica rufa)…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Scottish wood ant (Formica aquilonia)

    Formica aquilonia (Scottish wood ant)

    All wood ants are red and black in colour and are the largest ants in Britain. Examination of the head allows species to be identified. The…

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    5 photos

    0 videos

  • Monomorium (Monomorium noualhieri)

    Monomorium noualhieri (Monomorium)

    Information on Monomorium noualhieri is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Ant (Pheidole elecebra)

    Pheidole elecebra (Ant)

    Information on Pheidole elecebra is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    11 photos

    0 videos

  • Temnothorax (Temnothorax minutissimus)

    Temnothorax minutissimus (Temnothorax)

    Information on Temnothorax minutissimus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    8 photos

    0 videos

  • Monomorium (Monomorium talbotae)

    Monomorium talbotae (Monomorium)

    Information on Monomorium talbotae is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    5 photos

    0 videos

  • Ant (Formicoxenus quebecensis)

    Formicoxenus quebecensis (Ant)

    Information on Formicoxenus quebecensis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Southern wood ant (Formica rufa)

    Formica rufa (Southern wood ant)

    The southern wood ant (Formica rufa) can generally be distinguished from similar wood ants by the fact that it lacks a fringe of hairs…

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    9 photos

    8 videos

  • Myrmica (Myrmica hirsuta)

    Myrmica hirsuta (Myrmica)

    Information on Myrmica hirsuta is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    4 photos

    0 videos

  • Manica (Manica parasitica)

    Manica parasitica (Manica)

    Information on Manica parasitica  is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Shining guest ant (Formicoxenus nitidulus)

    Formicoxenus nitidulus (Shining guest ant)

    This tiny ant lives inside the nests of wood ants of the genus Formica, hence the name 'guest' ant. Workers, queens and males are generally…

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    12 photos

    0 videos

  • Citronella ant (Acanthomyops latipes)

    Acanthomyops latipes (Citronella ant)

    Information on Acanthomyops latipes is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    1 photos

    0 videos

  • Slave-making ant (Harpagoxenus sublaevis)

    Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Slave-making ant)

    Harpagoxenus sublaevis is a ‘slave-making ant’ – an ant which enslaves ants of other species to provide workers for its own colony. Like all…

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    7 photos

    0 videos

  • Strongylognathus (Strongylognathus caeciliae)

    Strongylognathus caeciliae (Strongylognathus)

    Information on Strongylognathus caeciliae is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Australian ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops)

    Nothomyrmecia macrops (Australian ant)

    This ant of ancient lineage is described as a ‘living fossil.’ It is perhaps the most ‘primitive’ ant still alive today. Ants are social…

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    2 photo

    1 video

  • Red harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)

    Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Red harvester ant)

    Information on the red harvester ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    1 photos

    2 videos

  • Chalepoxenus (Chalepoxenus brunneus)

    Chalepoxenus brunneus (Chalepoxenus)

    Information on Chalepoxenus brunneus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Megalomyrmex (Megalomyrmex symmetochus)

    Megalomyrmex symmetochus (Megalomyrmex)

    Information on Megalomyrmex symmetochus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    2 photos

    0 videos

  • Ant (Formica talbotae)

    Formica talbotae (Ant)

    Formica talbotae is the first known workerless parasite in the Formica genus. Formica talbotae inhabits the nest of Formica obscuripes in a…

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    8 photos

    0 videos

  • Desert runner ant (Cataglyphis niger)

    Cataglyphis niger (Desert runner ant)

    Information on the desert runner ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    7 photos

    0 videos

  • Ant (Formicoxenus provancheri)

    Formicoxenus provancheri (Ant)

    Formicoxenus provancheri belongs to a genus whose species are known as ‘guest-ants’, social parasites that live in colonies of other ant…

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    9 photos

    0 videos

  • Ant (Pheidole inquilina)

    Pheidole inquilina (Ant)

    Information on Pheidole inquilina is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    6 photos

    0 videos

  • Slave-making ant (Harpagoxenus canadensis)

    Harpagoxenus canadensis (Slave-making ant)

    Like other species in the Harpagoxenus genus, Harpagoxenus canadensis is known for its ‘slave-making’ behaviour, enslaving ants of other…

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    11 photos

    0 videos

  • Red-barbed ant (Formica rufibarbis)

    Formica rufibarbis (Red-barbed ant)

    The red-barbed ant is classified as Endangered in Great Britain. Winged reproductive females and queens are generally red or reddish-yellow…

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    2 photo

    1 video

  • Narrow headed ant (Formica exsecta)

    Formica exsecta (Narrow headed ant)

    The workers of this endangered ant can be distinguished from other wood ants by the characteristic deep notch on the back of the head. It is…

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    7 photo

    1 video

  • Crematogaster (Crematogaster pilosa)

    Crematogaster pilosa (Crematogaster)

    Information on Crematogaster pilosa is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.
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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Myrmica (Myrmica colax)

    Myrmica colax (Myrmica)

    Information on Myrmica colax is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Matabele ant (Pachycondyla analis)

    Pachycondyla analis (Matabele ant)

    The Matabele ant (Pachycondyla analis) colony consists of two different sizes of worker, ‘majors’ and ‘minors’. The minor worker is…

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    10 photos

    2 videos

  • Monomorium (Monomorium pergandei)

    Monomorium pergandei (Monomorium)

    Information on Monomorium pergandei is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Pseudoatta (Pseudoatta argentina)

    Pseudoatta argentina (Pseudoatta)

    Very little is known about Pseudoatta argentina. A social parasite, Pseudoatta argentina is an ant that parasitises the colony of its host…

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    4 photos

    0 videos

  • Slave-making ant (Polyergus lucidus)

    Polyergus lucidus (Slave-making ant)

    Polyergus lucidus is a rare, parasitic ant with an extremely curious life history; all Polyergus ants are ‘slave-making ants’ which enslave…

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    2 photos

    0 videos

  • Rossomrymex (Rossomyrmex minuchae)

    Rossomyrmex minuchae (Rossomrymex)

    Rossomyrmex minuchae is an extremely rare ‘slave-making ant’ – an ant which enslaves ants of other species to provide workers for its own…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

  • Pseudomyrmex (Pseudomyrmex leptosus)

    Pseudomyrmex leptosus (Pseudomyrmex)

    Information on Pseudomyrmex leptosus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…

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    3 photos

    0 videos

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