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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-southern-wood-ant/" title="The Southern Wood Ant" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/swa1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="southern wood ant" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/swa1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/swa1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/swa1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The southern wood ant, aka horse ant or red wood ant, hails from Europe, but has a distribution all the way to eastern Asia. Unconfirmed reports state their presence in North America as well. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction from residential and commercial developments, and clear-felling, [&#x2026;]</p>
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