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Lasius niger (Black garden ants)
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Species: Lasius niger ( black garden ant)
• Size: the queen: 8-9 mm, the workers: 1 mm-3 mm.
• Coloration: Black + shine.
• Occurrence: mainly in Central Europe.
• Nutrition in nature: nectar, small insects, fruits, they farm aphids
• Nutrition at home: honey, insects (for example mealworms, crickets, mosquitoes, etc.)
• Hibernation: yes
• Temperature: 20 – 28°C
• Nesting: nests in moderately sandy soil, usually under clumps of grass.
• Difficulty: very easy species for breeding.
• Recommended type of formicarium: we advise to use formicarium Compact,Brand formikarium.
Short description of the ants:
The black garden ant (Lasius niger) is the most common European ant species .
Lasius niger colonies can reach in size up to around 40,000 workers but 4,000–7,000 is around average. A Lasius niger queen can live up to around 15 years and it has been claimed that some have lived for 30 years. Lasius niger queens while in the early stages of founding can have two to three other queens in the nest. They will tolerate each other until the first workers come, then it is most likely they will fight until one queen remains. In certain circumstances, it is possible that there can be multiple queens in a single colony if they are founding somewhat near each other and eventually their two tunnels connect.
They build nests in different places, ranging from the forest and ending with the slots in the walls of buildings. They often build their nests near plants on which they tend to take care of aphids ( some kind of symbiosis)
Tip for ant breeding:
In the case of the purchase of small colonies, we recommend to breed the ants in a test tube to a quantity of 12-15 workers before being released to the formicarium. Otherwise, the ants may feel lost and the colony will grow more slowly.
Ants Lasius niger feel the best in cork formicarias (they like to drill corridors in the cork nests) or in soil formicarias (unfortunately they are hardly visible to the observer then)
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