Red Wood Ant - Formica rufa

IUCN Status: Lower Risk/Near Threatened
IUCN Species Profile
Red wood ant, Formica aquilonia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Torsby ...: Red wood ant, Formica aquilonia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Torsby, Värmland (Sweden). This ant is dragging a somewhat torn up caterpillar ...
http://www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov/cec/photo/d14.htm

Red wood ant (Formica aquilonia) foraging: A red wood ant Formica aquilonia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) foraging for any insects it can capture, or any dead ones it can find. ...
http://www.breconbeacons.org:8080/breconbeacons/biodiversity/sppfoc3

breconbeacons.org - Species Focus 3: Red wood ant (Formica rufa): You are here: Home » Biodiversity » Species Focus 3: Red wood ant (Formica rufa). ... Species Focus 3: Red wood ant (Formica rufa). Description. ...
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breconbeacons.org - Focus on species: Amphibians. Great crested newt. Fish. Twaite shad and Allis shad. Ants. Red wood ant. Butterflies. Marsh fritillary. Crustaceans. White-clawed crayfish. Fungi. ...
http://www.wsl.ch/land/genetics/herbivores/ants.html

Anita C. Risch: While a lot of research concerning red wood ant biology, behavior, and geographical distribution has been conducted in the past, very little information is ...
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02189.x/abs/

Limited phylogeographical structure across Eurasia in two red wood ...: Limited phylogeographical structure across Eurasia in two red wood ant species Formica pratensis and F. lugubris (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ...
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00614.x/abs/

Characterization of microsatellite loci in red wood ants Formica ...: We developed 13 microsatellite loci in a red wood ant Formica (s. str.) yessensis from random amplified polymorphic DNA fragments to study genetic structure ...
http://www.antnest.co.uk/Nests.html

Describes some of the various types of nest that different species ...: ...regulate a constant environment. Below Left: A carton nest of Lasius fuliginosus. Below Right: A mound of the red wood ant Formica rufa. ...
http://www.antnest.co.uk/Defence.html

How Ants Defend Themselves - Myrms Ant Nest: The red wood ant Formica rufa, which builds huge pine needle mounds on the edge of forests paths in Southern England woodlands, also uses this form defence but ...
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/List%20of%20the%20common%20names%20of%20British%20ant%20species

List of the common names of British ant species - encyclopedia ...: Click the link for more information. red robber ant; red wood ant; scottish wood ant; shining guest ant; shining bog ant; small black ant; ...
http://www.vsv.slu.se/johnb/formica.htm

red wood ant pile (Formica aquilonia): The web site page on red wood ant pile (Formica aquilonia) formerly in Sweden at: http://www.vsv.slu.se/johnb/formica.htm has been moved to Arizona at: http ...
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/T24014.HTM

Formica rufa Linnaeus (Red Wood Ant): BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK). Formica rufa Linnaeus (Red Wood Ant). Formica rufa, 14 June 1997, Berks, Formica rufa, 14 June 1997, Berks, ...
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/R41576.HTM

Formica rufa Linnaeus (Red Wood Ant): BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK). Formica rufa Linnaeus (Red Wood Ant). Date: 14/06/1997 (VC: Berks), Ref: J. Side view, 30 Kb, 339 by 317 pixels, 600 DPI. ...
http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_the_common_names_of_british_ant_species.html

List of the common names of British ant species - Reference ...: ...ant; red robber ant; red wood ant; scottish wood ant; shining guest ant; shining bog ant; small black ant; southern wood ant; tetramorium ...
http://www.fugleognatur.dk/uk/art2_uk.asp?mode=obs&gruppe=Aarevingede&ID=2647

Birds & Nature in Denmark - Observations of Red Wood Ant (Formica ...: All observations of Red Wood Ant Formica rufa (1). · Site list for Red Wood Ant · Species lists · Latest observations of birds, animals and plants, ...
http://www.fugleognatur.dk/art.asp?mode=liste&gruppe=aarevingede

Fugle og Natur - Liste over Årevingede insekter (hvepse, bier og ...: 15, Rød skovmyre, Formica rufa, Red Wood Ant. 16, Se foto af Sabelhveps, Sabelhveps, Rhyssa persuasoria, Giant Ichneumon. 17, Sort Havemyre, Lasius niger, Garden Ant. ...
http://www.gardensafari.net/english/ants.htm

Ants: It is a close relative of the well known Red Wood Ant. ... To the left: probably a winged queen of the Southern (or Red) Wood Ant (Formica rufa). ...
http://www.gardensafari.net/english/wasps.htm

Introductory page to Hymenoptera: During the evolution though in many species the sting has become obsolete. The Red Wood Ant for instance is no longer able to sting. ...
http://www.lbap.org.uk/HTML/Species/WoodAnt.htm

Species: Peter Jepson. The southern (or red) wood ant is a large, aggressive ant with a reddish thorax and black head and abdomen. It builds ...
http://www.lbap.org.uk/HTML/Species/GuestAnt.htm

Guest Ant: 138-140. 4. Robinson, NA (1998) Observations on the "guest ant" Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander in nest of the Red Wood Ant Formica rufa in 1997. ...
http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/orbestprac/colophon.html

Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices : Optimizing Oracle Code: ...into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices is a red wood ant. Red wood ants (Formica ...
http://www.ccw.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?Action=View&RID=82&lang=en

Countryside Council for Wales: 10/03/2003, A Review of the ecology of the red wood ant Formica rufa and its status in Wales. A REVIEW OF THE ECOLOGY OF THE RED WOOD ...
http://www.ccw.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?Action=View&RID=82&lang=we

Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru: 10/03/2003, A Review of the ecology of the red wood ant Formica rufa and its status in Wales. Ymchwil Arolwg. CRYNODEB Mae morgrugyn ...
http://www.perceptions.couk.com/superants1.html

superants: ...workers can travel freely. The Hokkaido supercolony is populated by a relatively common species, the Japanese red wood ant. It can be ...
http://www.gfawesome.org/mad_science/gf_research/Unique_Ecosystems_Habitats/supercolony_ants.html

GFAwesome - The World's Biggest Supercolony of Ants is Under ...: ...half. Researchers from Hokkaido University are analyzing the DNA and genetic structure of the red wood ant supercolony. Results ...
http://www.globalforestscience.org/research/projects.html?projectName=The_World's_Biggest_Supercolony_of_Ants_Under_Threat

Global Forest Science - Research Projects - The World's Biggest ...: ...by more than half. This study is analyzing the DNA and genetic structure of the red wood ant supercolony. Results will assist the ...
http://www.unil.ch/Jahia/site/dee/cache/offonce/lang/fr/pid/6807

DEE UNIL - Groupe Cherix: The recent description of a new red wood ant species (Formica paralugubris Seifert, 1996) leads us to several questions dealing with distribution and ...
http://www.unil.ch/Jahia/site/dee/cache/offonce/pid/7777

DEE UNIL - Arnaud Maeder: Taxonomy: Formica paralugubris a sympatric sibling species of Formica lugubris Formica ants of the Formica rufa group (so-called red wood ant) have been ...
http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/E/Taxo/F80704.html

JAnt: species: Formica yessensis: VI, Zool., 19, 681-694. Higashi, S. (1974). Worker polyethism related with body size in a polydomous red wood ant, Formica (Formica) yessensis Forel. . J. Fac. ...
http://library.thinkquest.org/17456/insects5.html

Shades of Green: Earth's Forests -- Insects: Often when there is a severe outbreak of an insect that damages trees in a temperate forest, the areas around large red wood ant nests remain undamaged because ...
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orbestprac/colophon.html

oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices: Colophon. The animal on the cover of Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices is a red wood ant. Red wood ants (Formica aquilonia) are often ...
http://www.univ-tours.fr/desco/UIEIS/Colloques/Actes%20Vol%2014%20Dijon/Table_matieres2000.htm

D:\UIEIS\DOCTRA~1\ACTESC~2\TABLE_~1.HTM: ...- [ Translate this page ] ... des bois. Problems arising from Formica paralugubris, a new red wood ant species. par Arnaud Maeder & Daniel Chérix p. 21. 5. Application ...
http://www.univ-tours.fr/desco/UIEIS/Colloques/Actes%20colloques%201993/table%20matieres%201993.htm

ACTES DES COLLOQUES INSECTES SOCIAUX: ...- [ Translate this page ] ... Formica lugubris. Microsatellites and genetic structure in a red wood ant, Formica lugubris. Michel Chapuisat & Daniel Chérix p. 49 8 ...
http://www.trakya.edu.tr/Biyoloji/camli_e.htm

Assoc: Selected publications : 1. Camlitepe, Y. (1999) Trail following responses of the red wood ant F. rufa in Darkness. Israel J Zool,Vol. 45, No. 2. ...
http://www.trakya.edu.tr/Biyoloji/camli.htm

DOC: Seçilmiş yayınlar : 1. Camlitepe, Y. (1999) Trail following responses of the red wood ant F. rufa in Darkness. Israel J Zool,Vol. 45, No. 2. ...
http://www.antcolony.org/news/thirteen_miles_of_ants.htm

Thirteen Miles of Ants: ...years ago. When he first discovered it, there were approximately 45,000 nests populated by the Japanese red wood ant. Ants frequently ...
http://www.uku.fi/~holopain/ento/Luonnon-lajisto.htm

ENT1- Lajilista 2: 103, n, Pihamauriainen, Lasius niger, Garden ant. 104, n, Punakekomuurahainen, Formica rufa, Red wood ant. 105, n, Riippuhämähäkit, Linyphidae, Sheetweb Weaver. ...
http://centralpets.com/pages/insects/ants.shtml

CentralPets.com - Central Ants Page: Army Ant Don't see the one you are looking for? Click here to search by other common names. ...
http://www.denbydale.com/nature/dearnewoodland/

Upper Dearne Woodlands Trust: ...plants and animals. Of all these, the species of greatest significance is the red wood ant (scientific name formica rufa). This is ...
http://www-cal.univ-lille1.fr/~cv/ecologie/by_thema/biodiversite/frl96.htm

Liste rouge des espèces animales menacées en France: ...- [ Translate this page ] ... Epimyrma ravouxi Vulnérable. Fourmi des bois rouges européens (Formica aquilonia) / European Red Wood Ant Faible risque: quasi menacée. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/evidence/prog1/page2_2.shtml

BBC - Science and Nature - Beasts - Detailed Giant Ants Evidence: Careful study has shown that they are most closely related to ants like the European red wood ant (Formica rufa), which is a predator, and so it seems most ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/436.shtml

BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Giant ant: During the Cretaceous period the first social ants started to make colonies. Closest relative A member of the same family as the European red wood ant. ...
http://reznikova.net/ResearchInterests.html

Home Page of Zhanna Reznikova: Research Interests: It turned out that in red-wood ant species, in order to obtain honeydew, a permanent foraging group of 5 - 10 specimens has to search for a certain leaf with ...
http://www.bio.pu.ru/win/entomol/Kipyatkov/iussi/Proceedings/vol-3-4.htm

Volume 3-4: 121–130. Diachenko, N. G. – Stability of red wood ant populations in Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park [In Russian with English summary] -- pp. 131–134. ...
http://www.bio.pu.ru/win/entomol/Kipyatkov/currproj.htm

Current Projects: Rev., 1990, 69 :31-41. Kipyatkov, VE and SS Shenderova, 1990. Endogenous rhythms in reproductive activity of red wood ant queens (Formica rufa group). ...
http://www.birkhauser.ch/journals/4000/4000_forth.htm

Forthcoming articles IS: ...fellah (Dalla Torre) Martin, AJ, Kuusik, A., Mänd, M., Metspalu, L., and Tartes, U. Respiratory patterns in nurses of the red wood ant Formica polyctena ...
http://website.lineone.net/~thompsonb/fauna.htm

Pound Wood Flora and Fauna: Insects Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Blue, Common Darter, Dronefly, Green-veined White, Honey Bee, Large Red Damselfly, Meadow Brown, Red Wood Ant, Seven-spot ...
http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geog/teaching/ecol/be2d.htm

Community Ecology & Conservation:: ...click' for image, A red wood ant's nest, Formica rufa, ,. Amongst the insect fauna the red wood ant Formica rufa and the large, and ...
http://www.jarofpencils.com/daily/archives/000445.html

Jar of Pencils: au revoir fourmi: ...wood ant hill ant indolent ant jet ant large black ant narrow-headed ant northern wood ant red ant red barbed ant red robber ant red wood ant scottish wood ant ...
http://pogonomyrmex.blogspot.com/

Ant News: 2095-2100 (Abstract) - posted by cpkhs @ 8:30 AM (0) comments. Limited phylogeographical structure across Eurasia in two red wood ant species Formica pratensis ...
http://www.helsinki.fi/uh/2-2003/juttu2.shtml

Universitas Helsingiensis: Considered by biomass, the largest ant species in Finland is the Red wood ant, Formica aquilonia, which builds anthills in the woods. ...
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/endants.html

IUCN - Animal Redlist: Social Insects: Formica aquilonia Common name(s): European Red Wood Ant Category/Criteria: Lower risk: near threatened/- Distribution : Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Finland ...
http://www.oikos.ekol.lu.se/Oikos.81.2.abstract/8635Laakso.htm

Abstract: ...and food web structure of soil decomposer biota in relation to various habitat properties were compared between upper parts of red wood ant (Formica aquilonia ...
http://www.oikos.ekol.lu.se/Oikos.89.1.abstracts/10176yao.htm

Abstract: ...aphid Tuberculatus quercicola which is associated with the Daimyo oak, Quercus dentata, and which is always attended by the red wood ant Formica yessensis. ...
http://insects.tamu.edu/students/grad/gcourses/ento621/aculeata.html

Aculeata (Vespoidea and Apoidea): Finnegan, RJ 1975. Introduction of a predacious red wood ant Formica lugubris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Italy to eastern Canada. Can. Entomol. ...
http://www.seit.ee/?cid=5&author=Oja

SEI Tallinn: Pealkiri: Influence of cadmium pollution on social homeostasis in red wood ant colonies. Proceedings of the XXIV Nordic Congress of Entomology. Tartu, 87 - 94. ...
http://www.seit.ee/?cid=5&lim=25&title=&author=&valdkond=&year=

SEI Tallinn: Väljaandmise koht: Lääne-Eesti Saarestiku BKA. Pealkiri: Influence of cadmium pollution on social homeostasis in red wood ant colonies. ...
http://www.zoo.sav.sk/b53-5.htm

Biologia, Vol. 53, No. 5 (October, 1998): Camlitepe Y., Stradling DJ: Do red wood ant Formica rufa use group specific pheromones for route fidelity? A preliminary survey. ...
http://www.metla.fi/hanke/3383/ants/publications.htm

Metla Hanke 3383 ANTS Publications and manuscripts: ...p. 141-144; Domisch, T., Finér, L. & Jurgensen, M. 2004. Carbon and nutrient storage in red wood ant mounds in managed boreal forests. Submitted manuscript. ...
http://www.metla.fi/hanke/3383/ants/methods.htm

Metla Hanke 3383 ANTS Study areas: All red wood ant mounds in the study sites were inventoried, their physical properties (height and diameter) were measured, and their location was determined ...
http://taxa.soken.ac.jp/ANT.WWW/REFE/H.html

J_Ant Ref: "H" (E): Japan, (4), 29-38. Higashi, S. (1974). Worker polyethism related with body size in a polydomous red wood ant, Formica (Formica) yessensis Forel. J. Fac. Sci. ...
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/wolfgang.rabitsch/refs.html

Publikationsliste Dr. Wolfgang Rabitsch: ...- [ Translate this page ] ... Abstract. RABITSCH, W. (1997) Seasonal metal accumulation patterns in the red wood ant Formica pratensis (Hymenoptera) at contaminated and reference sites. ...
http://www.birds-online.de/nahrung/sonstigesfutter/insekten_en.htm

Birds Online - Healthy nutrition for budgies - Insects: In Germany where I come from, it is forbidden to collect the eggs of the European Red Wood Ant (Formica polyctena) since it's a rare and protected species. ...
http://www.eau.ee/~agt/tkaitse/tkipubl97.htm

Taimekaitse instituudi publikatsioonid: Martin, A. - J., Amos, T., Maavara, V., Nuorteva, P., Oja, A. Influence of Metal Pollutants of Cadmium on Red Wood Ant Colony Social Homeostasis. ...
http://www.eau.ee/~agt/tkaitse/tkipubl99.html

Taimekaitse instituudi publikatsioonid: ...(CAB); Martin AJ, Amos, T., Maavara V., Nuorteva P., Oja A. Influence of cadmium pollution on social homeostasis in red wood ant colonies. ...
http://www.wildlifeincumbria.org.uk/html/plans.htm

Action for Biodiversity: Dragonflies white-faced dragonfly variable damselfly. Bees, Ants & Flies wall mason bee red wood-ant caddis fly Glossosoma intermedium. ...
http://www.insektenbox.de/kewder1.htm

Kleines Entomologisches Woerterbuch (deutsch-wissenschaftlich ...: ...- [ Translate this page ] ... Rote Liste, -, red data book, краÑ?наÑ? книга. Rote Waldameise, Formica rufa, red wood ant, рыжий леÑ?ной муравей. ...
http://www.insektenbox.de/kewrde1.htm

Kleines Entomologisches Woerterbuch (russisch-wissenschaftlich ...: ...- [ Translate this page ] ... рыжий леÑ?ной муравей, Formica rufa, Rote Waldameise, red wood ant. рыжий таракан, Blattella germanica, Deutsche Schabe, German cockroach. ...
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biol/printerfriendly.htm?theURL=/biol/staff/profile/m.l.hale

- Biology - University of Newcastle: With the help of an undergraduate project student, I am investigating population structure in the red wood ant (Formica rufa) in Northumberland. ...
http://insect3.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/~yao/dpresen/d1.html

Dissertation1: An ecological study on the mutualism between the drepanosiphid aphid Tuberculatus quercicola and the red wood ant Formica yessensis ...
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson087.shtml

Education World ® - Lesson Planning: The Ants Go Marching...Into ...: ...wings, or abdomen. a red wood ant; 8,000; Worker ants gather most of the food, help raise the young, and defend the colony. Ants use ...
http://www.chem.unep.ch/gmn/NatProjects/projcountryPage48.htm

Finland5: ...metals in common shrew (Sorex araneus); red wood ant (Formica sp.) and moose. (Alces alces). in two background areas. Suitability of minsk; raccoon dog; fox and. ...
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~nhi708/rules/nomencl0.html

Published Descriptions & Nomenclature.: ...and Barratt, 1999 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae),. or The red wood-ant Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ...
http://www.unifi.it/unifi/dbag/eee/index/03-2.htm

Ethology Ecology & Evolution: Index of No. 2, Vol. 3, 1991: CONTENTS. Articles. FOURCASSIÉ V. - Landmark orientation in natural situations in the red wood ant Formica lugubris Zett. (Hymenoptera Formicidae), 89-99. ...
http://www.philately.com/philately/hymenoptera.htm

Hymenoptera on Postage Stamps: Red Wood Ant - Formica rufa L. - German Democratic Republic 591; Poland 1015; Poland 1039; Sharjah 1972. Formicides camponotus - Madagascar 1013. ...
http://www.museumdepeel.nl/engels/insectarium_gb.html

Natuurhistorisch museum De Peel - Asten: ...butterflies. All of which is accompanied by clear explanations. For enthusiasts, there's a 6-minute film on the life of the red wood ant. ...
http://cognition.ups-tlse.fr/_vincent/vincent.html

Vincent Fourcassié Homepage: ...- [ Translate this page ] ... 1991 - FOURCASSIÉ, V. Terrestrial landmark orientation in natural situations in the red wood ant Formica lugubris Zett. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ...
http://wwwbio.leidenuniv.nl/~EEW/G8/sct11pub85.html

Publications, Theoretical Biology, EEW, Leiden Biology: Haccou, P. & L. Hemerik (1985) The influence of larval dispersal in the cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on predation by the red wood ant (Formica polyctena ...
http://www.bios.tohoku.ac.jp/insect/ibrdb/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formica.html

Formica spp.: ...red wood ant sex pheromone adult female adult male undecane tridecane tridecene, (4Z)-4- Walter, F., DJC Fletcher, D. Chautems, D. Cherix, L. Keller, W. Francke ...
http://www.rspb.org.uk/biodiversity/UKBAP/priority_species/list_1.asp?view=print

List 1 - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds: ANT, Formica nigricans, Black-backed meadow ant. ANT, Formica rufa, Red wood ant. ANT, Formica rufibarbis, Red-barbed ant. ANT, Formica transkaucasica, Bog ant. ...
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1308.html

Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric ...: ...turtles each year. An endemic Chalcidoid wasp species is a specialized parasite whose host species is the red wood ant. The only ...
http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/enjoying/countryside/biodiversity/localbiodiversityactionplan.htm

Local Biodiversity Action Plan: ...pdf 13k pdf 84k pdf 86k pdf 77k. 6. Bees, wasps and ants (Red wood ant), pdf 101k. 7. Butterflies, pdf 283k. ...
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/issue.asp?ref=0962-1083&vid=13&iid=7&oc=&s=&site=1

Molecular Ecology Issue: 1849-1858 Limited phylogeographical structure across Eurasia in two red wood ant species Formica pratensis and F. lugubris (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ...
http://www.centralpets.com/pages/insects/ants.shtml?rd=29&vo=1

CentralPets.com - Central Ants Page: Ant of the day: Red Wood Ant. ... Army Ant Don't see the one you are looking for? ...
http://www.vogeldagboek.nl/Vogeldagboek/2004/Apr04_19.html

Apr04_19: Rodebosmier160404 Mieren zie je overal, voor een rode bosmier (Formica rufa - Red Wood Ant) moet je toch wel in bos en duin zijn. Op de foto een werkster.
http://www.searchnbn.net/searchengine/search.jsp?searchTerm=Formica%20rufa

NBN Gateway - Search Results: Species (1 records), No sites found, Related websites. Species results 1 to 1 of 1. Formica rufa (Red Wood Ant). ...
http://www.bf.jcu.cz/tix/strita/aphidophaga/godeau.html

garcia: Red Wood Ant species chemically mark their trails leading from their nest to aphid colonies scattered in the surrounding vegetation. ...
http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=8645

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