Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 65 No. 65 |
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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wood-mound-and-field-ants-.->red-barbed-ant(["species: Red-barbed Ant"])
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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Explained as easy as pie — How insects communicate with their environment“
Insects communicate in various ways, including pheromones, sounds, and visual signals, to interact with each other and survive.
