Tagged With: Lasius niger
Chewing off her wings – the queen ant’s rite of passage
By Rebecca Nesbit from the Society of Biology There has been a long, slow build up to flying ant day this year. The first sightings of winged black garden ants came early, with hundreds of records for the flying ant survey already in by the third week of July. The first major flying ant day, … Continue reading »
Categories: Biology Week, Nature, Royal Society of Biology
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Tags: flying ant survey, Lasius niger
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Flying ant facts
Rebecca Nesbit, Society of Biology Submit your flying ant sightings! We have had an overwhelming response to our flying ant survey and some very interesting questions about flying ants. So I thought I’d bring them all together, along with a couple of videos of ‘my’ flying ant colonies in Hertfordshire. You can also read about … Continue reading »
Categories: Royal Society of Biology
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Tags: ants, black garden ant, Dr Adam Hart, ecology, flying ant day, flying ant survey, flying ants, Lasius niger, nature, University of Gloucestershire, wildlife
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