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Forest ant nest Lots of ants outside this nest to get it ready after the long winter break.<br /> They must have some serious amount of interior space under the ground to be able to house such an volume of ants.<br /> <br /> Group photo of these ants:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/10617/flock_of_forest_ants.html" title="Flock of forest ants"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/134/10617_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=gdUxdmsNrB1MkKIlChWJU71096g%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Flock of forest ants They clearly don&#039;t spend any time in trying to look unique...<br /> <br /> A photo more close:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10616/forest_ant_movers.html<br /> <br /> The hole nest:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10618/forest_ant_nest.html Formica rufa,Geotagged,The Netherlands" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Close-up:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/10616/forest_ant_movers.html" title="Forest ant movers"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/134/10616_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=GFp2RK6ie%2BHTZ28E4pcawD1Pwqo%3D" width="200" height="136" alt="Forest ant movers Two ants trying to move a stick to the top of the hill. But the stick was quite long and they where lacking coordination.<br /> <br /> Group photo of these ants:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10617/flock_of_forest_ants.html<br /> <br /> The hole nest:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10618/forest_ant_nest.html Formica rufa,Geotagged,The Netherlands" /></a></figure> Formica rufa,Geotagged,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge

Forest ant nest

Lots of ants outside this nest to get it ready after the long winter break.
They must have some serious amount of interior space under the ground to be able to house such an volume of ants.

Group photo of these ants:

Flock of forest ants They clearly don't spend any time in trying to look unique...<br /> <br /> A photo more close:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10616/forest_ant_movers.html<br /> <br /> The hole nest:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10618/forest_ant_nest.html Formica rufa,Geotagged,The Netherlands


Close-up:
Forest ant movers Two ants trying to move a stick to the top of the hill. But the stick was quite long and they where lacking coordination.<br /> <br /> Group photo of these ants:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10617/flock_of_forest_ants.html<br /> <br /> The hole nest:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10618/forest_ant_nest.html Formica rufa,Geotagged,The Netherlands

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  1. View Joost Thissen's profile
    Joost Thissen
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    A closer view:
    Flock of forest ants They clearly don't spend any time in trying to look unique...<br /> <br /> A photo more close:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10616/forest_ant_movers.html<br /> <br /> The hole nest:<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/10618/forest_ant_nest.html Formica rufa,Geotagged,The Netherlands
     Posted 12 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Oh my god, that's such an awesome sight. I was about to say that I would create a few closeup crops from this overview, but I see you already did :) Posted 12 years ago
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    Ferdy Christant
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    By the way, I'd totally try to create a macro movie from this ;) Posted 12 years ago

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The Southern wood ant

''Formica rufa'', also known as the southern wood ant or horse ant, is a boreal member of the ''Formica rufa'' group of ants, commonly found throughout much of Europe in both coniferous and broad-leaf broken woodland and parkland.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by Joost Thissen
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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded May 3, 2013. Captured Apr 14, 2013 11:55 in Genneperweg 142, 5644 RT Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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  • SLT-A55V
  • f/2.8
  • 1/500s
  • ISO100
  • 90mm