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Blood-red ant (model)

Sven Traenkner, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung2017-09-21

Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt

Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The blood-red ant is a species of slave-maker ants. The workers steal larvae and pupae from the nests of other Formica species to acquire slave workers and to use them as a food source.

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  • Title: Blood-red ant (model)
  • Creator: Sven Traenkner, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
  • Date Created: 2017-09-21
  • Rights: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
  • scientific name: <i>Formica sanguinea<i>
  • geological Age: extant
Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt

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