Talk:Formica polyctena

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Peer Review 2013

The Behavior section seems very complete, but there is nothing other than behavior. I'd add a quick Range section that takes the info from the intro and I'd set that there. I'd also add some info about the general habitat they live in. The ants are pretty common, so a short section describing what they look like would really help add breadth to the page. A subsection on foraging would be a nice addition. Foraging is a big part of ant life and there should be some mention of the behavior. I checked over the grammar as well.Dudas 91 (talk) 23:16, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article previously only have a list of places the ant was found in the lead. I went ahead and added two paragraphs to the lead to better reflect what was in the article. I included information about the "Nest temperature regulation" in the lead, but in the body it is never stated WHAT temperature the ants are trying to maintain. I think that would be important information considering the whole section is about that. I think overall the article is good. There is a lot of specific behavior information so I think some general information would help to round it out and make it overall better. Hansika.n (talk) 23:16, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some Additional Questions

This article covers the behavior of these ants very thoroughly. However, it leaves several interesting and important questions unanswered. What is this species' ecological "role" in an environment (ie. predators, prey)? What are the main sources of food for this ant? What might threaten a colony in terms of predators or resources?

Additionally, the article mentions that the ants use pheromones and other genetically-based methods of communication. However, it doesn't really go into the details of this. Are there any studies that specifically address these questions? It is an extremely interesting topic, but this article glosses over the genetics. Gaharrison94 (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.252.48.28 (talk) 21:42, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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