Website showing UK ant species?

[hexagonalbolts]

Hi all,
I've been present in some other ant-ing forums but haven't forayed in to this one as of yet.

Could anyone point me in the direction of a website showing all the UK ant species? A friend has described a very small ant living on her doorstep in northern Ireland and I'm confused as to what it is.

Thanks,
HexagonalB

[Wood~Ant]

Hi Hexagonalbolts and welcome to the Ant Hill

It is not always easy to specifically identify or speculate what an ant species may be, unless you either have a very good photo or a dead specimen to examine; but you might find my site may help on this page} www.anthillwood.co.uk/britishantspecies.htm

There are fewer ants in Ireland than on the UK mainland, so that may narrow it down a little; and we could narrow it down still further if we know what colour it is?

[Zarbi]

Wood is right, as I think Ireland only has about 7 main ant species, and no more than 10 all across Eire. So if we knew what colour this ant was we could perhaps take a calculated guess, as it could only belong to a few species

[Black Ant]

This site will not tell you how to ID your friends ant, but it does list all our native ant species.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ants_of_Great_Britain

[bellarush]

There are 23 species of ants in Ireland.