When red wood ants encounter members of different colonies similar responses are made.

Attempts to preserve the red wood ants are a part of the UK biodiversity plan.

The type species is the European red wood ant Formica rufa.

A part of the UK biodiversity plant, these red wood ants preservation attempts are occurring.

European red wood ant may refer to:

Formica polyctena is a species of European red wood ant in the family Formicidae.

Red wood ants prey on pestiferous insects and forest defoliators like spruce budworms.

Larvae live in nests of red wood ant (Formica rufa), feeding on vegetable refuses.

In forests weakened by pollution and acid rain in central Europe, red wood ant populations are often endangered for little known reasons which in turn causes further imbalances in predator-prey dynamics and the ecosystem.

Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group.

Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group.

Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group.

Larvae live in nests of red wood ant (Formica rufa), feeding on vegetable refuses.

They are believed to prey on the eggs and larvae of a number of different ant species, notably Lasius niger and the Formica rufa group.

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The Formica rufa group is a sub-generic group within the genus Formica, first proposed by William Morton Wheeler.

Some species, including Formica rufa, which is common in Southern England, make large visible thatch nests of dry plant stems, leaves, or conifer needles, usually based around a rotting stump.