Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 218 No. 218 |

Formica pratensis, the black-backed meadow ant, is a species of European red wood ant in the family Formicidae.
Ancestry Graph
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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Death in the garden“
Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.






