Scottish wood ant  (Formica aquilonia)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae
GenusFormica (1)
SizeWorker length: 5 – 10 mm (2)
Queen length: 12 mm (3)
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Status

Classified as Nationally Scarce in Britain (4) and as globally Lower Risk- near threatened (LR/nt) by the IUCN Red List 2003 (5).

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