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Horse Ant
Formica rufa
53.4721, 10.3733
Field Notes
Description:
Workers can measure 8–10 mm in length. They have large mandibles and like many other ant species they are able to dispense formic acid from their abdomens as a defence. Formic acid was first extracted in 1671 by the English naturalist John Ray by distilling a large number of crushed ants of this species
Habitat:
Commonly found throughout much of Europe in both coniferous and broad-leaf broken woodland and parkland
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PublishedMarch 13, 2012
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