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Other insects

Scottish wood ant

Scottish wood ant

Formica aquilonia

There are several species of wood ant living in Scotland, however the Scottish wood ant is confined to the Highlands. Ant nests, built of twigs and leaf litter, can be up to a metre high and contain several queens and over 100,000 workers. Wood ants live ...