Hairy wood ant  (Formica lugubris)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Formica (1)
Size Queens length:12 mm (2)
Workers length: 10 mm (2)
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Status

Classified as Local in Great Britain (3) and listed in the IUCN Red List as Lower Risk, near threatened (LR/nt) (1).