Colony of Southern wood ants (Formica rufa), swarming behaviour on top of the nest after emerging from hibernation during Spring, England, UK.


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Location: Chiddingfold Forest, Surrey, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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