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Variable Field Ant
Formica pallidefulva
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Chestnut Carpenter AntCamponotus castaneus
Uncertain Field AntFormica incerta
Wily Field AntFormica dolosa
American Winter AntPrenolepis imparis
Camponotus festinatus
Silky Field AntFormica subsericea
New World Black AntFormica neogagates
Wilson’s Field AntFormica biophilica
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,492 |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 996 |
| North Carolina | 265 |
| Canada | 218 |
| Colorado | 213 |
| Ontario | 211 |
| Illinois | 207 |
| Alabama | 201 |
| New York | 190 |
| Indiana | 172 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Ants · Formicidae |
| Genus | Wood, Mound, and Field Ants · Formica |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Variable Field Ant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.