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Formica
Formica
Organic-mound Building Ants
Photographer: Mark V. Leppin

ID: 0000 0000 0310 1911 (2010-03-24)

Copyright © 2010 Mark V. Leppin

 
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  • date of photo  May 9, 2009
  • location   near Mehama (Marion County, Oregon, US)
  • family Formicidae
  • order Hymenoptera
  • class Insecta
  • habitat  Coniferous Forest
  • notes   Adults, Workers. In the thick Coniferous forest, the ants were condensed on the spot of the mound where the sun shined on (basking behavior).
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Organic-mound Building Ants (photographer)
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