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Coed y Cefn

… wood is notable for the occurrence of extremely high densities of the wood ant Formica lugubris. Their large mounds are frequent and worker ants are so abundant that their presence is audible to the human ear. This abundance is all the more remarkable in that this is the most so…

Shining Cliff Woods

…and Zenobiella subrufescens. In the drier parts of the wood, the hairy wood ant Formica lugubris is abundant. Some beetles associated with these wood ants occur, notably Clytra quadripunctata whose larvae feed on the ant nest material. Many birds breed in the woods including pied…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…a rare species in northern Britain, is present in Forge Wood. Wood ant colonies Formica lugubris occur frequently throughout the site. The present structure of the ancient woodlands is mostly a result of past management. A majority were managed as oak coppice and provided wood fo…

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…d. The oak coppice at Resting Hill supports a population of the upland wood ant Formica lugubris which occurs here at the southernmost edge of its distribution in Britain. Along the western edge of the site are a series of derelict mine shafts and adit's. Many of these provide im…

Crich Chase

…. The upper slopes of the woodland also host colonies of the northern wood ant Formica lugubris, a species which is closely associated with open old forest habitat and has a very local distribution in Britain and occurs at Crich Chase towards the southern edge of its range in gr…

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