RFT665AM–Large group of Formica polyctena ants. Formica polyctena is a species of European red wood ant. Focused to center

RM2EX46MP–European Red Wood Ant (Formica polyctena) sexed winged individual next to a worker, Lorraine, France

Birkenwerder, Germany. 04th July, 2017. A Formica polyctena (species of European red wood ant), photographed in a forest near Birkenwerder, Germany, 04 July 2017. The certified biologist and CEO of the company Nagola Re GmbH, Christina Graetz, helps relocating ants. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Alamy Live News

RMJGCJK8–Birkenwerder, Germany. 04th July, 2017. A Formica polyctena (species of European red wood ant), photographed in a forest near Birkenwerder, Germany, 04 July 2017. The certified biologist and CEO of the company Nagola Re GmbH, Christina Graetz, helps relocating ants. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Alamy Live News

RMTAED5D–European Red Wood Ant (Formica polyctena) on Cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias), France

Antique engraved illustration of the red wood ant. Vintage illustration of the southern wood ant. Old engraved picture of the horse ant. Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group. It is native to Europe and Anatolia, but is also found in North America, in both coniferous and broad-leaf broken woodland and parkland. Workers are colored red and brownish-black, with a dorsal dark patch on the head and promensonotum, and are polymorphic, measuring 4.5–9 mm in length. Th

RM2K84BBA–Antique engraved illustration of the red wood ant. Vintage illustration of the southern wood ant. Old engraved picture of the horse ant. Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group. It is native to Europe and Anatolia, but is also found in North America, in both coniferous and broad-leaf broken woodland and parkland. Workers are colored red and brownish-black, with a dorsal dark patch on the head and promensonotum, and are polymorphic, measuring 4.5–9 mm in length. Th

RF2PRKDG8–Antique engraved illustration of the red wood ant. Vintage illustration of the southern wood ant. Old engraved picture of the horse ant. Formica rufa,

RFT665FK–Large group of Formica polyctena ants. Formica polyctena is a species of European red wood ant. Focused to center

RMJGCJJW–Birkenwerder, Germany. 04th July, 2017. A Formica polyctena (species of European red wood ant), photographed in a forest near Birkenwerder, Germany, 04 July 2017. The certified biologist and CEO of the company Nagola Re GmbH, Christina Graetz, helps relocating ants. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Alamy Live News

RF2A6CTGX–Formica polyctena is a species of European red wood ant. Kal skogsmyra

RF2PT9WGG–Antique engraved illustration of the red wood ant. Vintage illustration of the southern wood ant. Old engraved picture of the horse ant. Formica rufa,

RFT665FD–Large group of Formica polyctena ants. Formica polyctena is a species of European red wood ant. Focused to center

RMJGCJKM–Birkenwerder, Germany. 04th July, 2017. A Formica polyctena (species of European red wood ant), photographed in a forest near Birkenwerder, Germany, 04 July 2017. The certified biologist and CEO of the company Nagola Re GmbH, Christina Graetz, helps relocating ants. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Alamy Live News