Garden ants (Lasius brunneus)

Lasius brunneus · Lasius
Garden ants (Lasius brunneus). Recorded flying from May through August. Dark brown head, reddish-brown mesosoma, dark brown to black gaster. Winged alate; dark head against a reddish-brown mesosoma and near-black gaster. Recorded near 9 of the 190 locations Dealate tracks.

When do garden ants fly?

Recorded flying from May through August.

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Queen appearance

Dark brown head, reddish-brown mesosoma, dark brown to black gaster. Winged alate; dark head against a reddish-brown mesosoma and near-black gaster.
climbs and moves deliberately along tree bark (arboreal nester)
Founding care
Fully claustral: seal her in a test tube setup, somewhere dark and undisturbed. She raises the first brood on her own wing muscles and needs no food or opening until the first workers appear.
Needs a winter diapause: a cool, dark rest period each year.
Diet: Insects, meat, sugar water, honey etc.
Intermediate · Queen ~6.5-8.5 mm
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Care data from antkeeping.info (CC BY 4.0).

Habitat

Soil · also under stones · typical for this genus
After a flight, watch bare or grassy ground for wingless queens. Scan stony ground, paths and kerbs for searching queens.

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