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Images tagged "Formicidae (Ants)"

Lasius flavus -  Yellow Meadow Ant, Lindrick
Lasius niger -  Black Garden Ant, Lound
Lasius niger -  Black Garden Ant, Lound
Lasius niger -  Black Garden Ant, Lound
Formica rufa - Wood Ant , Longshaw NT
Formica rufa - Wood Ant , Longshaw NT
Formica rufa - Wood Ant , Longshaw NT
Formica rufa - Wood Ant , Longshaw NT
Myrmica rubra farming Aphis fabae
Myrmica rubra farming Aphis fabae
Myrmica rubra farming Aphis fabae
Myrmica rubra farming Aphis fabae
Lasius flavus, Clumber Park
Lasius flavus, Clumber Park
Lasius flavus, Clumber Park
Lasius flavus, Clumber Park
Myrmica-sp. (possibly M. rubra)
Yellow Meadow Ant - Lasius flavus, Potteric Carr (13/6/26).
Silky Ant - Formica fusca, Mount Pleasant Meeting June 17

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 14th August 2026 to Hatfield Moor 12 August 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 7th August 2026 for Chesterfield Canal walk 31 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 27th July 2026 to Brookfield Park. 24 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026

Gallery

Ruff, RSPB St Aiden's. Rilaena triangularis, Loversall Delf, Potteric Carr.

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Cystiphora sonchi ( midge) on Sow Thistle Russula sardonia - Primrose Brittlegill, Longshaw NT, Derbyshire. Clitocybe metachroa, Danes Hill NT, Notts Paxillus involutus - Brown Rollrim, Clumber Park, Notts. Harlequin Ladybird,Harmonia axyridus f.succinea,29.10.23, Thorne Rd SE602054 ON IVY BY Nora Boyle DSS-Winter-Programme-1936-37 Batman Hoverfly - Myathropa florea, Potteric Carr (7/6/26). Euproctis similis - Yellow-tail, (male and female), Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Lakeside, Doncaster. Taphrina alni (Alder Tongue) on Alder, Danes Hill NR
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