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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.
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(The colony with a small batch of eggs and brood)
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(A worker in extreme close-up)