Formica montana
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| Formica montana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. montana |
| Binomial name | |
| Formica montana Wheeler, 1910 | |
Formica montana is an ant in the genus Formica (wood ants, mound ants, and field ants) in the family Formicidae.[1][2] A common name for F. montana is "prairie mound ant".[3] [4] [5]
F. montana are often polygynous, a single colony can have as many as 20 queens present.[6]