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Close up macro image of ants running around and doing work. This is a close up of an ant nest. The type of ants that occupy this nest are Formica rufa. Also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group, being described already by Linnaeus.