Red-barbed ant  (Formica rufibarbis)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Formica (1)
Size Length of reproductive females: 9-40 mm (2)
Length of workers: 4.6-7.5 mm (2)
Length of males: 8.5-11.8 mm (2)
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Status

Classified as Endangered in Great Britain (3).