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Formica integroides
Sagehen Creek, California, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2003

Thatch mound in Sagebrush. The Formica colonies that construct these large thatch mounds begin life as social parasites of other Formica colonies.



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This image was captured with a Nikon Coolpix 995.