Formica fusca
A large black Ant, very similar to Formica lemani. It is common in Sherwood Forest, regularly found nesting under/in rotting logs and in tree stumps etc. Workers were photographed in early October 2008 (upper left) and March 2010 (upper right) and the bottom two photographs show young queens immediately after the nuptial flight on Budby South Forest in early August 2009 (left) and in early 2010 (right)
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UK distribution of Formica fusca
 

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Updated September 2011

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