black garden ant

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The black garden ant (Lasius Niger) is aformicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, found all over Europe and in some parts of North America and Asia. It is monogynous, meaning colonies have a single queen

Attribute	Description
Caste	Monogyny
Queen phenotype	7–9 mm long, colour black
Worker phenotype	3–5 mm long, colour dark brown almost black
Soldier phenotype	N/A
Nest building	Nests underground, commonly under stones, but also in rotten wood
Nutrition	Nectar, small insects, seeds, will farm aphids

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