Scottish wood ant  (Formica aquilonia)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Formica (1)
Size Worker length: 5 – 10 mm (3)
Queen length: 12 mm (2)
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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).