Hairy wood ant  (Formica lugubris)

In the UK, this species has a range that reaches from the Scottish Highlands, and upland parts of the north of England to mid-Wales (3). Elsewhere it is known from the northern Palaearctic region and mountainous parts of central and southern Europe and Asia (3).

The impressive mound-nests are constructed in sunny locations on the edges of woodland rides and glades (5), and at the edges of scrub (5).