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In gemischten Kolonien werden die Helferinnen vollständig akzeptiert, weil die Sanguinea-Arbeiterinnen ihnen ihren eigenen Geruch als Erkennungsmerkmal mitgeben.",{"question":284,"answer":285},"Was passiert mit der Wirtskolonie bei einem Raubzug von Formica sanguinea?","Kundschafterinnen finden das Zielnest, dann tragen die Räuberinnen die Puppen davon, von denen manche als Helferinnen aufgezogen und manche gefressen werden. Arbeiterinnen, die sich wehren, werden getötet, während jene, die stillhalten, oft ignoriert werden. In einem Formicarium kann eine kleine Wirtskolonie bis zum nächsten Morgen verschwunden sein, weshalb Halter nur Kolonien anschließen, die sie entbehren können.","Große Arbeiterinnen mit leuchtend rotem Vorderteil von Kopf und Thorax, einem dunkel braunschwarzen Gaster und einer deutlichen Einkerbung in der Mitte des Clypeus. Diese Einkerbung unterscheidet sie von den Roten Waldameisen. 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