Scottish Wood Ant
Formica aquilonia
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Insects
Formica aquilonia, also called the Scottish wood ant, is a species of wood ant of the genus Formica which are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, occurring from Scandinavia in the north to Bulgaria and Italy in the south, and from the UK eastwards through France and Germany to Russia, while they are also found in the coastal areas of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Siberia. They live mainly in coniferous forests but they do also occur in some deciduous woodlands.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Formica