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Of the black, red and yellow ants that are commonly seen in the garden, only the red ones (from the Myrmica species) sting. Other than that, ants are more of a nuisance than a pest. They feed mostly on insects, including other ants, and honeydew

The warm humid evenings of late July and early August have brought out the flying ants again. These are the very common black pavement ant, Lasius niger. A few years ago we had a nest in one of our large plant pots and it was amazing to see

I'm not sure what year it is according to the Chinese, but in my garden it is the year of the ant.I never got round to ordering any of the biological ant controls that have been launched recently, so I can't report back on their merits, but I

Listening recently to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, I was horrified to learn that Lasius neglectus, an invasive ant species, could soon be arriving in British gardens. The species, thought to have originated in western Asia, is already

It may not be 'nice' it may not be kind, and it certainly isn't my normal style... but I've taken to victimising ants! Well, it's not exactly a campaign, but I have to confess that despite my usual "ants belong in the garden... they got there before

I found a winged, black ant in the garden last week. The child inside me said "Flying Ants Day!" but there was no sign of any others. Perhaps it had just left the nest prematurely to test the atmospheric humidity, or was impatiently hoping to find

Ants are eusocial insects that belong to the same order as wasps and bees.

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