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McK: Formica pallidefulva (McK) (14. Jan 2009 21:41)

Original blog here (Dutch).

Formica pallidefulva is a beautiful light orange species that lives in eastern North America and are usually very common there.
Some colonies are slaves to other species such as Polyergus lucides or Formica sanguinea .
A colony can be as large as 400 workers with a queen, several queens can occur but are strictly separated in several satellite nests.

Click on the picture to see them full-sized.

http://www.mckillaboy.be/ants/Formica%20pallidefulva/Formica%20pallidefulva%2003%20-%20(th).jpg
(The colony with a small batch of eggs and brood)

http://www.mckillaboy.be/ants/Formica%20pallidefulva/Formica%20pallidefulva%2002%20-%20(th).jpg
(A worker in extreme close-up)

Messorus: Re: Formica pallidefulva (McK) (18. Jan 2009 10:05)

Lol McK! This Formica species is very very beautiful!!

JimmyVe: Re: Formica pallidefulva (McK) (18. Jan 2009 16:48)

Very nice in deed, good luck with them.

McK: Re: Formica pallidefulva (McK) (1. Mai 2009 14:05)

The colony is doing very well, counting 35 workers at the moment.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/3429978554_fb582b1df3.jpg
(This picture is 3 weeks old)