1. Invertebrates include damselflies, dragonflies, glow-worms and wood ants . 2. The Japanese wood ant defends itself easily. 3. The red wood ant is inactive in winter and the immature beetle leaves its nest. 4. The Hokkaido supercolony is populated by a relatively common species, the Japanese red wood ant . 5. Wood ants ( Formica paralugubris ) often incorporate large quantities of solidified conifer resin into their nests.6. _The longest living ants _ wood ant queens _ are known to live more than 20 years. 7. The woodland runs into Birdsedge and contains more than 75 Hairy Northern Wood Ant ( Formica lugubris ) nests. 8. Of the two, Annagarriff is thought to be home to the only colony of Scottish wood ants in Ireland. 9. The woodlands are notable for their lichens, heath fritillary butterfly, red wood ant colonies, dead wood invertebrates and ancient pollards. 10. When spring comes it leaves the ant nest and, now sexually mature, seeks out the nest of a red wood ant .
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