Wood ants (Formica podzolica)
Formica podzolica · Formica
Wood ants (Formica podzolica). Recorded flying from June through August. Dark gaster. Dark brown to blackish and robust, with a deep gyne mesosoma. Recorded near 28 of the 306 locations Dealate tracks.
When do wood ants fly?
Recorded flying from June through August.
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Queen appearance
Dark gaster. Dark brown to blackish and robust, with a deep gyne mesosoma.
fast and restless, in short bursts
How to catch a queen ant →No founding care data for Formica podzolica yet.
Habitat
Soil · also thatched mound · typical for this genus
After a flight, watch bare or grassy ground for wingless queens. Scan open ground near woodland for wandering queens and thatch mounds.