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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 64 No. 64 |

Black-backed meadow ant
Black-backed meadow ant (Formica pratensis) – species of genus “Wood, Mound, and Field Ants“

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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„A song in rustling leaves“ To help us understand his world, a eurasian running crab spider has composed a brief poem.

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A song in rustling leaves

„Black-backed meadow ant“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily