Wood ants, Formica rufa, outside their nest in warm, February sunshine with a shield bug they have captured. The ants can spray formic acid as a defen

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Wood ants, Formica rufa, outside their nest in warm, February sunshine with a shield bug they have captured. The ants can spray formic acid as a defence against attackers. New Forest, Hampshire, England UK GB. They are also known as red wood ants, southern wood ants or horse ants.

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