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| Common Name: Common Black Ant
Scientific name: Lasius niger Size 2.5-4mm
Biology: Overwintering females or Queens lay their eggs in the spring. The white legless larva's hatch in about 3-4 weeks and are fed by the Queen on secretions from her salivary glands. The entire life cycle takes about 2 months. The nests can last for several years and can contain 15-20,000 ants. Habits: Their life is mainly spent outside in the soil and under paving slabs etc. but because of the foraging for food they enter indoors and become a problem. As they forage for food they leave scent trails for the other ants to follow which is why you long lines of ants. They are a very social insect that is the reason you see them in large numbers. |
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