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Woodland Red Ant

Myrmica ruginodis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,128, February 833, March 1,305, April 2,053, May 2,960, June 3,227, July 3,453, August 2,970, September 2,181, October 1,628, November 889, December 695.
United States23,322
Alaska23,321
United Kingdom109
Germany95
England81
France70
Hungary67
Netherlands61
Russia39
Switzerland37

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Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyAnts · Formicidae
GenusFurrowed Ants · Myrmica

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