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Black garden ant with the mandibles of an unindentified creature. The black garden ant ( Lasius niger ), also known as the common black ant , is a formicine ant , the type species of the subgenus Lasius , which is found across Europe and in some parts of North America , South America , Asia and Australasia .
Lasius is a genus of formicine ants. [2] The type species for this genus is the black garden ant, Lasius niger. Other major members, which live in drier heathland, are the cornfield ant, L. neoniger, and L. alienus. Other species include the temporary social parasites of the L. mixtus group and the hyper-social parasite Lasius fuliginosus.
A term used for eusocial insects of the family Formicidae that are black in color. It has been used to describe many ants, including: The Black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) The Black garden ant (Lasius niger) The Little black ant (Monomorium minimum) Some ant mimics look like black ants (see Ant mimicry)
Ants have come to occupy virtually all major terrestrial habitats, with the exception of tundra and cold ever-wet forests. They display a wide range of social behaviors, foraging habits and associations with other organisms, which has generated scientific and public interest. [1] The following is a list of worldwide ant genera organised by ...
The ant was identified in 1990 after establishing a colony in Budapest, Hungary. [2] Superficially, they are similar in appearance to the common black garden ant, Lasius niger , but have significantly different behavioural patterns, particularly in the social structure within colonies.
Ants vary in colour; most ants are yellow to red or brown to black, but a few species are green and some tropical species have a metallic lustre. More than 13,800 species are currently known [37] (with upper estimates of the potential existence of about 22,000; see the article List of ant genera), with the greatest diversity in the tropics ...
Black garden ants (Lasius niger) eating a durian at a market in Pulilan, Bulacan.Note also the fuzzy white scale insect in the center.. Durians are an agricultural product affected by many plant pathogens and pests.
Midden formation in insects was first observed in black garden ants, Lasius niger. The middens created by the ants are called "kitchen middens" and are composed of food scraps, ant corpses, and other detritus. [16] A reason for the behavior has yet to be determined though it is thought to serve as a feeding ground for larvae.