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fusca-group Field Ants and Allies
Formica fusca
Formica fusca is a black-colored ant commonly found throughout Europe as well as parts of southern Asia and Africa. It has the common names silky ant or dusky ant. The range within the palaearctic region extends from Portugal in the west to Japan in the east and from Italy in the south to Fennoscandia in the north. Populations from North America have been split off as a separate species, Formica subaenescens. F. fusca nests are usually found in rotten tree stumps or under stones in clearcut areas and along woodland borders and hedgerows. The species also often occurs in urban areas, feeding on honeydew secreted by the aphids found on weeds.
46 branches of this group, most-observed first
Silky Field Ant
speciesFormica subsericea
Formica fusca
speciesFormica fusca
Japanese Wood Ant
speciesFormica japonica
Formica moki
speciesFormica moki
Formica subpolita
speciesFormica subpolita
Prairie Mound Ant
speciesFormica montana
Formica neorufibarbis
speciesFormica neorufibarbis
Francoeur's Field Ant
speciesFormica francoeuri
Formica lemani
speciesFormica lemani
Formica gnava
speciesFormica gnava
Bright Mound Ant
speciesFormica neoclara
Silvery Field Ant
speciesFormica argentea
Formica hayashi
speciesFormica hayashi
Pacific Field Ant
speciesFormica pacifica
Formica candida
speciesFormica candida
Icy Mound Ant
speciesFormica glacialis
Podzol Ant
speciesFormica podzolica
Black Bog Ant
speciesFormica picea
Grey Field Ant
speciesFormica aerata
Light Bronze Mound Ant
speciesFormica subaenescens
Formica gerardi
speciesFormica gerardi
Formica accreta
speciesFormica accreta
Formica sibylla
speciesFormica sibylla
Formica foreliana
speciesFormica foreliana
Formica xerophila
speciesFormica xerophila
Formica transmontanis
speciesFormica transmontanis
Formica gagatoides
speciesFormica gagatoides
Formica propatula
speciesFormica propatula
Formica pyrenaea
speciesFormica pyrenaea
Formica occulta
speciesFormica occulta
Formica altipetens
speciesFormica altipetens
Formica subelongata
speciesFormica subelongata
Hewitt's Mound Ant
speciesFormica hewitti
Canadian Mound Ant
speciesFormica canadensis
Formica microphthalma
speciesFormica microphthalma
Formica retecta
speciesFormica retecta
Formica subcyanea
speciesFormica subcyanea
Formica longipilosa
speciesFormica longipilosa
Formica cinereofusca
speciesFormica cinereofusca
Formica kozlovi
speciesFormica kozlovi
Formica pachucana
speciesFormica pachucana
Formica browni
speciesFormica browni
Formica pulla
speciesFormica pulla
Formica yoshiokae
speciesFormica yoshiokae
Formica maura
speciesFormica maura
Formica lepida
speciesFormica lepida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1204075.