Bringing to life spectacles of natural wonder on our doorstep The Wood Ant, also known as the horse ant, is a woodland-dwelling member of the Formica rufa group of ants. There is also a Scottish Wood ...

1. A survey was made of the nests and trackways of an isolated community of wood ants (Formica rufa) in a bird sanctuary in Hampshire. 2. Each nest had a distinct territory containing certain trees ...

Vol. 42, No. 3, The Role of Red Wood Ants in Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems (2005), pp. 235-242 (8 pages) Red wood ants of the Formica rufa group are present in many conifer and ...

IN May 1949, a series of photographs of ants of the species Formica rufa, Latr., were taken by Raymond Kleboe of Picture Post, in collaboration with me, and in many of these worker ants were shown.