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  8. Fusca-group Wood Ants
  9. Silky Field Ant

species 9,214 observations

Silky Field Ant

Formica subsericea

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

12 native plants
support it in the US
  • Food plants Plants it feeds on Canadian Lousewort, Flowering Spurge 2
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Common Milkweed, Wild Bergamot, Butterfly Milkweed, Common Hackberry 10

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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