Black garden ant (Lasius niger)
Lasius niger · Lasius
Black garden ant (Lasius niger). Recorded flying from June through September. Flights are typically seen during the day. Glossy blackish-brown, roughly 8–9 mm. Recorded near 44 of the 190 locations Dealate tracks.
When do black garden ants fly?
Recorded flying from June through September.
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Recorded at absolute latitudes between 40° and 60°.
Queen appearance
Glossy blackish-brown, roughly 8–9 mm.
a steady, deliberate walk
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 ~8-9 mm
Read more on AntWiki →Care data from antkeeping.info (CC BY 4.0).
Habitat
Soil · also pavement & buildings
After a flight, watch bare or grassy ground for wingless queens. Watch pavement, walls and kerbs for walking queens.
Recorded near
Halifax, DartmouthMontréal, Laval, Longueuil, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, Terrebonne, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Ville-MarieOttawa, Gatineau, Nepean, Gloucester, Orléans, Ottawa SouthSt. CatharinesTrois-RivièresVancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Newton, Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Langley, Whalley, Delta, ChilliwackVictoria, SaanichAberdeenBelfastBirmingham, Leicester, Coventry, Nottingham, Derby, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Dudley, Walsall, Mansfield, Telford, Gloucester, Newcastle under Lyme, Solihull, Burton upon Trent, Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich, WorcesterBristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Swindon, Bournemouth, Newport, Poole, Mendip, BathDundeeEdinburghGlasgowIpswich, Norwich, Saint PetersKingston upon HullLondon, Brent, Islington, Reading, Southend-on-Sea, Brighton, Milton Keynes, City of Westminster, Northampton, Bexley, Luton, Barking, Archway, Sutton, Croydon, Ilford, Slough, Oxford, Enfield Town, Harrow, Cambridge, Basildon, High Wycombe, Colchester, Tottenham, Watford, Crawley, Worthing, Chelmsford, Walthamstow, Dagenham, Basingstoke, Maidstone, Bedford, Woking, Eastbourne, Gillingham, BecontreeManchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Bradford, Birkenhead, Preston, Oldham, St Helens, Wigan, Warrington, York, Burnley, Huddersfield, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Stockport, Salford, Rotherham, Doncaster, WakefieldNewcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, MiddlesbroughPeterborough, LincolnPlymouth, ExeterSouthampton, PortsmouthCorkDublin, South DublinLimerickBoston, South Boston, Worcester, Providence, Lowell, Cambridge, Manchester, New BedfordBuffalo, AmherstChicago, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, ElginColorado SpringsDavenportDenver, Aurora, Lakewood, Thornton, Westminster, Arvada, BoulderEvansvilleFayettevilleGreensboro, Winston-Salem, High PointLas Vegas, North Las Vegas, Paradise, Sunrise Manor, Spring Valley, EnterpriseLos Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim, Riverside, Santa Ana, Irvine, San Bernardino, Fontana, Oxnard, Moreno Valley, Huntington Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Garden Grove, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Hollywood, Corona, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pomona, Valencia, Torrance, Pasadena, Orange, Fullerton, Van Nuys, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, East Los Angeles, Koreatown, El Monte, Downey, Costa Mesa, Inglewood, West Covina, Norwalk, Burbank, Universal City, RialtoPeoria, North PeoriaPhiladelphiaRaleigh, West Raleigh, Durham, CaryRenoSalt Lake City, West Valley City, Provo, West JordanSpringfield, ILSt. LouisVictorvilleMore Lasius species
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