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Biology
Habitat: In Minnesota and Canada, F. dakotensis is typical in spruce bogs, nesting in Sphagnum peat hummocks. In a prairie patch within an oak woodland in SW Iowa, it was be found by Rericha (unpublished) at the base of shrubs in an area with a perched water table and acidic soil. In Colorado, I found it in a seepy, lower portion of a grassy slope with scattered shrubs and pines at about 7000', to the west of Boulder. In North Dakota, it was reported by the Wheelers (1963) from grasslands, without further qualification.
Natural History: The dome mound of F. dakotensis consists mostly of vegetable thatch or detritus. In prairie systems, some soil is mounded up and forms the basal foundation for the outer thatch layer. The small queen of this species points to possible temporary social parasitism.
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