Genus

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

Formica

16 species in our catalog · found in 17 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies)
FamilyFormicidae (Ants)
GenusFormica (Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)

Species in this group

Formica ulkei

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica truncorum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica subsericea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica lemani

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica frontalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica moki

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica neorufibarbis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica aquilonia

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica obscuripes

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica sanguinea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica exsectoides

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Formica lugubris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Formica pratensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Formica gagates

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Formica rufa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Formica cunicularia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

~10%

Mar

<5%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

<5%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	5 of 16	~20%
	Blood-Red Field Ant			~10%
	Hairy Wood Ant			<5%
	Formica gagates			<5%
	Black-Backed Meadow Ant			<5%
	Formica cunicularia			<5%
2	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 16	~10%
	Silky Field Ant			~10%
	Allegheny Mound Ant			~10%
3	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 16	~10%
	Black-Backed Meadow Ant			<5%
	Southern Wood Ant			<5%
	Blood-Red Field Ant			<5%
4	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 16	~10%
	Scottish Wood Ant			~10%
	Blood-Red Field Ant			~10%
5	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 16	~10%
	Formica neorufibarbis			~10%
	Western Thatching Ant			<5%
6	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 16	~10%
	Ulke's Mound Ant			~10%
7	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 16	~10%
	Trunk Ant			~10%
8	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 16	~10%
	Allegheny Mound Ant			~10%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%
9	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	~10%
	Silky Field Ant			~10%
10	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 16	~10%
	Black-Backed Meadow Ant			<5%
	Formica gagates			<5%
11	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 16	~10%
	Formica lemani			~10%
12	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 16	~10%
	Formica frontalis			~10%
13	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	~10%
	Formica moki			~10%
14	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 16	~10%
	Formica frontalis			<5%
	Black-Backed Meadow Ant			<5%
15	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	~10%
	Western Thatching Ant			~10%
16	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 16	~10%
	Formica neorufibarbis			~10%
17	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 16	<5%
	Formica neorufibarbis			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 16	~10%
	Blood-Red Field Ant			~10%
	Formica cunicularia			~10%
2	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	3 of 16	~10%
	Formica gagates			<5%
	Blood-Red Field Ant			<5%
	Formica cunicularia			<5%
3	Calgary	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 16	~10%
	Western Thatching Ant			~10%
4	Anchorage	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	~10%
	Formica neorufibarbis			~10%
5	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 16	~10%
	Formica cunicularia			~10%
6	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 16	~10%
	Formica neorufibarbis			<5%
	Western Thatching Ant			<5%
7	Sacramento	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	~10%
	Formica moki			~10%
8	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 16	<5%
	Formica cunicularia			<5%
9	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 16	<5%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%
	Ulke's Mound Ant			<5%
10	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 16	<5%
	Formica cunicularia			<5%
11	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	<5%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%
12	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 16	<5%
	Formica cunicularia			<5%
13	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	<5%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%
14	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	<5%
	Western Thatching Ant			<5%
15	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 16	<5%
	Formica cunicularia			<5%
16	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	<5%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%
17	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	<5%
	Formica moki			<5%
18	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	<5%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%
19	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	<5%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%
20	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 16	<5%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%
21	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 16	<5%
	Silky Field Ant			<5%

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

Species in this group

Ulke's Mound Ant

Trunk Ant

Silky Field Ant

Formica lemani

Formica frontalis

Formica moki

Formica neorufibarbis

Scottish Wood Ant

Western Thatching Ant

Blood-Red Field Ant

Allegheny Mound Ant

Hairy Wood Ant

Black-Backed Meadow Ant

Formica gagates

Southern Wood Ant

Formica cunicularia

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked