Flat-haired Mound Ant

Formica planipilis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae

Over 100 species of ants can be found in the Midwestern state of Kansas. Kansas ants Kansas ant species include common ants and ones with wings. Some Kansas ants create mounds that are a common sight - Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, Formica subsericea, Formica montana, and Formica planipilis.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) April Nobile, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionList of ants of Kansas, Wikipedia contributors

Flat-haired Mound Ant

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