Everything you have to know about Lasius niger ants!
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Welcome to the wonderful world of ants!
Do you really know Lasius niger?
The common black garden ants!
Everything you have to know About Lasius niger!
Small correction: A young worker ant requires 2-3 days for its body to become as hard and acquire the same color as the other ants.
Almost everywhere in the temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere,
the tiny Lasius niger ants live right under our feet.
Between tiles of an urban paving Stones or in the forest, they scavenge, farm and fight. 😊
You already know them as hundreds of them fly once a year when the mating season occurs.
For instance, did you know that the Lasius Niger are not black but more brown or grey?
Did you know that Lasius niger ants help the plants to spread?
Isn’t nature fascinating? 🌿
If you’re curious about other aspects of Lasius niger, feel free to ask,
and I’ll be happy to share more information! 🌟
Terminology connecting to Lasius niger:
- Plesiobiosis : Nest sharing of two ant species with mutual benefits.
- Xenobiosis : An ant species parasite another (stealing food for instance)
- Firebugs, also called Pyrrhocoris apterus
- Alate queen or male (winged queen or male)
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Super ant documentary as usual. These Lasius ants are literally right under our nose and I don't observe them much. That will change! Thanks for that!
A guy in the antstore brought me to this channel thanks so much❤😊
Bro that is a truly tragic name 😭😂😂
You hear it too 🤣🤣🤣
@@Itsme-xf7sx 'Niger' is a not uncommon first name in the Peruvian highlands. In fact, it was my guide's name on a two-month expedition there. I never felt comfortable using it.
Omg 🤦♂️
It’s not pronounced like that tho
@@thegoatslayer7403 And yet...
Awesome footage and really well and calm spoken.
Highly appreciated your video about the Lasius ants.
Looking forward to watch more of your content.
I just found your channel on the by CZcams selected videos. Oh joy, an ant channel! Ants are mighty interesting and underestimated . I’m sure your channel will grow as there are lots of ant lovers out here. You have my subscription and support. 🐜 🐜 🐜
Thanks @lilitheden748! It means a lot!
Beautiful camera work, really nice pictures, great little documentary. Two minor points, eggs to worker about 50 days not 70 and callow workers harden in three days not weeks.
Thanks! You are absolutely right, this time frame fits to ant keeping condition + it's an average. I should have specified that ten weeks is the maximum observed when you additions the eggs to larvae + larvae to pupae studies in stressing conditions (cold, etc..). My number is a maximum: www.sciencedirect.com. For the young worker to be black, you are completely right (I correct it in the description)
I was lucky enough to get 3 queens on Sunday 11th Aug, which are now in tubes.
So 10 weeks would be 20th October. That doesn't give them very long before hibernating!
Glad I can knock 2 n half weeks off that. Still, amazing how they manage.
@@eselevans As long as they are above 20c, you don't need to actually heat them but some people have big houses more north and their houses are 17-19c then they will take longer. My flat averages about 21-23c and depending on periods of warmer weather I normally get 45-55 days.
@@eselevans That is true. Also in nature the first winter is the most risky one.
Please make a messor barbraus documentary
flights happened about a week ago for me, only caught one queen
i caught about a hundred
Hello there! So, what happened to your queen finally?
@@AntsDocumentary still alive, brood looking healthy, only checked a couple times, first workers should be arriving shortly
@@judictus5178 great! Let me know when the first workers will show up!
Babe wake up, Ants Documentary just posted
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good show, just came here to check the comments. I'll be back as it get's more spicy.
😂 make it more spicy
Great video!
Thanks a lot!
Nice channel. Well done!
Than you!
Just found your channel and really enjoying it! Could you do a Everything you need to know on Solenopsis species? :)
I save this good idea for later!
Yayyy another ants documentary 😁👌👌🐜🐜 love black garden ants although my colony's have had some difficulty getting to a decent size since catching the queens last August 🤔🐜🐜🤦♂️🤦♂️😂
Hi! In which setup do you keep your ants?
@@AntsDocumentary still in test tube setups till the get much bigger
Cute ants.
As always... almost always to be fair😉
easily ive if my fave species to upload shorts about but they are a new colony so not much to update people on
Could be great to see their development though!
I just want to remind you that the ants shown in 0:39 are Lasius fuliginosus, they belong to a different subgenus
Hi! Thanks for you comment! Out of curiosity, how do you come to this conclusion?
@@AntsDocumentary L. fuliginosus are darker, shiny and larger than avarage Lasius. Dead stumps are also a common home for L. fuliginosus, as shown in the video. Fuliginosus also has bigger (sigle colony releases much more alates than L. niger) neptual flights than other Lasius species, this is because they are temporary social parasites and they prefer to invade Lasius umbratus group nests, which are also scarse. Their alates have just low successrate
@@ThePhragmoticAnt Thanks for your answer. They don't actually live in a dead tree but in a hole underground. They used the tree to take flight, but they also used the blades of grass that you can see in 0:34. They are from the same nest. In this footage a bit less blurry and sunnier, you can see that they are black common garden ants.
great vid you should make more like this
It's planned! Hopefully a lot!
I like that name
Oh the country
Make a messor documentary please!
I'm surprised males can survive 2 days after mating. For most male hymenoptera it's more ike 2 minutes.
Yes! Surprising, right? For each species it's different. Black garden ant male can live up to 2 days to 1 week if their heart holds. But generally, they are so exhausted that they become easy preys anyway and are eaten quickly by birds or other predators. Here the facts are confirmed by the Natural History Museum of London: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/when-why-winged-ants-swarm-nuptial-flight.html
@@AntsDocumentary The article doesn't say males can survive mating, though.
@@tulliusexmisc2191 Yes it is written in this paragrapher: "How long do flying ants live?
Males don't do any work in the nest and are only produced by their colony during flying ant season. They develop from unfertilised eggs. After the nuptial flight, the male ants usually only live for another day or two, so not much more than a week in total. Their sole reason for existence is to mate with new queens."
@@AntsDocumentary It doesn't say they can survive mating, only that they can survive flying.
@@tulliusexmisc2191 Hi there! I am glad you are found of ants reproduction as I am! Lisa Hendry wrote in this article that "After the nuptial flight, the male ants usually only live for another day or two, so not much more than a week in total." During the nuptial flight ants mate. When a male is on the floor, IF is heart survives mating, he has a chance to live 2-7 days max. But he can also dies write after (that is the case usually).
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I like the short comment!
@@AntsDocumentary thanks it’s just that title
@@ObbYT155 I know but Latin is Latin.
@@AntsDocumentary ik
lazy what
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