The wood ants kept in the lab for only seven days were recognized; however, the nestmates attacked the wood ants that were kept in the lab for 30 days . Further, a greater degree of aggression was witnessed for those that were heterospecific compared to those that were homospecific.
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The wood ants kept in the lab for only seven days were recognized; however, the nestmates attacked the wood ants that were kept in the lab for 30 days . Further, a greater degree of aggression was witnessed for those that were heterospecific compared to those that were homospecific.
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Wood ants typically secrete formic acid; " F . rufa " can squirt the acid from its acidopore several feet if alarmed, a habit which may have given rise to the archaic term for ant, " pismire ", and by analogy its American equivalent " piss-ant ".
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""'Formica aquilonia " "', also called the "'Scottish wood ant "', is a species of wood ant of the genus " Formica " which are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, occurring from Scandinavia in the north to Bulgaria and Italy in the south, and from the UK eastwards through France and Germany to Russia, while they are also found in the coastal areas of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Siberia.
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""'Formica aquilonia " "', also called the "'Scottish wood ant "', is a species of wood ant of the genus " Formica " which are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, occurring from Scandinavia in the north to Bulgaria and Italy in the south, and from the UK eastwards through France and Germany to Russia, while they are also found in the coastal areas of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Siberia.
