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Wood Ant

Formica

Description:

-They are found throughout the United States -It eats insects that kill trees by eating their leaves. -Ants come from eggs -Improve Soil -Uses sight and smell to navigate -The ant is separated into three sections having the end bulb being the biggest and being slightly lighter than all the others.. -These ants are 8mm to 10mm long. -Colonies can have up to 100,000 worker ants and 100 queens.

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fgill
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fgill

Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Oct 10, 2018
Submitted on Dec 14, 2018

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