Like other pipefish, the long-nosed pipefish does not have scales, but is encased in a series of bony rings.
Related species for the Hairy wood ant (Formica lugubris)
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Southern wood ant (Formica rufa)
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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Scottish wood ant (Formica aquilonia)
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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Narrow headed ant (Formica exsecta)
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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Red-barbed ant (Formica rufibarbis)
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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Ant (Formica talbotae)
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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Ant (Formica dirksi)
Information on Formica dirksi is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Black bog ant (Formica candida)
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Myrmica (Myrmica hirsuta)
Information on Myrmica hirsuta is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Red harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)
Information on the red harvester ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Pyramid ant (Dorymyrmex insanus)
Dorymyrmex insanus is sometimes referred to as the ‘crazy ant’, a name that, along with the scientific name ‘insanus’, refers to its…
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Crematogaster (Crematogaster pilosa)
Information on Crematogaster pilosa is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.
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Chalepoxenus (Chalepoxenus brunneus)
Information on Chalepoxenus brunneus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Slave-making ant (Chalepoxenus muellerianus)
Chalepoxenus muellerianus is a fascinating ‘slave-making ant’, so named because of its curious behaviour whereby it enslaves other species…
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Carpenter ant (Camponotus ligniperda)
Information on the carpenter ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Myrmica (Myrmica colax)
Information on Myrmica colax is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Monomorium (Monomorium noualhieri)
Information on Monomorium noualhieri is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Strongylognathus (Strongylognathus caeciliae)
Information on Strongylognathus caeciliae is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Oxyepoecus (Oxyepoecus bruchi)
Information on Oxyepoecus bruchi is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Pseudomyrmex (Pseudomyrmex leptosus)
Information on Pseudomyrmex leptosus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata)
Information on the bullet ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Solenopsis (Solenopsis daguerrei)
Information on Solenopsis daguerrei is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Slave-making ant (Polyergus lucidus)
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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Slave-making ant (Harpagoxenus sublaevis)
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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Small black ant (Lasius niger)
This is the commonest ant seen in Britain. Workers (non-reproductive females) are blackish-brown in colour and covered in small hairs…
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Sri Lankan relict ant (Aneuretus simoni)
Information on the Sri Lankan relict ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Army ant (Eciton burchellii)
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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Desert runner ant (Cataglyphis niger)
Information on the desert runner ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Dracula ant (Adetomyrma venatrix)
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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Leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalotes)
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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Australian ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops)
This ant of ancient lineage is described as a ‘living fossil.’ It is perhaps the most ‘primitive’ ant still alive today. Ants are social…
