streule
Callow Ant
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niger
Sept 13, 2009 9:43:23 GMT
Post by streule on Sept 13, 2009 9:43:23 GMT
hi all, a year ago now I caught a Lasius niger queen near my home. I didn't have anything to put it in so I carried it back on a stick! later that night I was going to put it in to a bigger tank. it bit me ! and then it escaped in to soil, I lost it I was so annoyed!! next I went to Blackpool and on my granddad's allotment I caught three Lasius niger queens!! I brought one back to Scotland then I lost it the rest are still in England. James
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niger
Sept 13, 2009 17:02:24 GMT
Post by Black Ant on Sept 13, 2009 17:02:24 GMT
Better luck next time
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niger
Sept 14, 2009 7:28:30 GMT
Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 14, 2009 7:28:30 GMT
It's a long time since I visited Blackpool, but I'm not surprised that you found Lasius niger there, as they are perhaps the most commonest ant species throughout the entire British Isles I find this ant far more often than any other on my travels, as they're also in my garden and all over the estate I live on. Other species tend to be found living away from towns and cities, but you can find Formica and Myrmica in local parks and gardens too if you look hard enough
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Quah
Ant Photographer
Outstanding Ant Photographer
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Country: Malaysia
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niger
Sept 15, 2009 0:41:37 GMT
Post by Quah on Sept 15, 2009 0:41:37 GMT
It's a long time since I visited Blackpool, but I'm not surprised that you found Lasius niger there, as they are perhaps the most commonest ant species throughout the entire British Isles I find this ant far more often than any other on my travels, as they're also in my garden and all over the estate I live on. Other species tend to be found living away from towns and cities, but you can find Formica and Myrmica in local parks and gardens too if you look hard enough A very sad fact here is many (and I do mean) ants' colonies and even species are being killed off in urban and suburban areas (not inside houses or garden but in open spaces like parks and playgound) through the use of pesticide. I learned from a friend here that a common species of Odontomachus ants (used to be found under every large tree) are no longer found in his area.
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niger
Sept 15, 2009 7:59:37 GMT
Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 15, 2009 7:59:37 GMT
A very sad fact here is many (and I do mean) ants' colonies and even species are being killed off in urban and suburban areas (not inside houses or garden but in open spaces like parks and playgound) through the use of pesticide. I learned from a friend here that a common species of Odontomachus ants (used to be found under every large tree) are no longer found in his area. Funny you should mention that Quah, as I actually know the guy who runs the company which makes Ant World set ups, and he has bought a field near him just so he can protect the ants and other wildlife which lives in it. Far too often people kill off entire ant nests/colonies, not realizing that these insects do more good than harm in keeping down other pests.
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