#3556 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Kale bosmier

Formica polyctena

NTnear threatened 🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Philipp Hoenle · CC0
2. © Bakos Ádám · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Philipp Hoenle · CC0
4. © Philipp Hoenle · CC0
5. © Jonas Konicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Netherlands:© Bartosz Fidor · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Netherlands:© Bartosz Fidor · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Gelderland, NL:© Daniel Onneweer · CC BY 4.0
9. Netherlands:© Bartosz Fidor · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Netherlands:© Bartosz Fidor · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Formica polyctena is a species of European red wood ant in the genus Formica and large family Formicidae. It is found in many European countries. It is a eusocial species, that has a distinct caste system of sterile workers and a very small reproductive caste. The ants have a genetic based cue that allow them to identify which other ants are members of their nest and which are foreign individuals. When facing these types of foreign...

base stats

NL sightings 80iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 679iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).