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title: 'Mound-Making Ants of the Alleghenies'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Christopher McCook'
date: 1877-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Science'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 6'
- 'Proverbs 30'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccook-1877-mound-making-ants-of-the-alleghenies
---

# Mound-Making Ants of the Alleghenies

Field study of mound‑making ants (Formica rufa) in the Alleghenies detailing colony distribution, mound sizes, architecture, materials, and family clusters. Observed in 1876.

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