Western thatching ant (Formica obscuripes)

Profile view of ant Formica obscuripes
Photograph by April Nobile © AntWeb.org / CC-BY-SA-3.0. (view image details)

Western thatching ant | Formica obscuripes photo

Dorsal view of ant Formica obscuripes
Photograph by April Nobile © AntWeb.org / CC-BY-SA-3.0. (view image details)

Western thatching ant | Formica obscuripes photo

Head view of ant Formica obscuripes
Photograph by April Nobile © AntWeb.org / CC-BY-SA-3.0. (view image details)

Western thatching ant | Formica obscuripes photo

Western Thatching Ant hill
Photograph by Walter Siegmund. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

WESTERN THATCHING ANT FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Formica
Species:	obscuripes
Common Name:	Western thatching ant

Relatives in same Genus
  Ant (F. densiventris)
  Allegheny mound ant (F. exsectoides)
  Silky ant (F. fusca)
  Red ant (F. pallidefulva)
  Red wood ant (F. rufa)

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