Black Garden Ant

Name: Black Garden Ant

Scientific name: Lasius niger

Category: Minibeasts

Nature Stars: 30

What are nature stars?

About: Common in gardens. In the summer, winged adults appear, the 'flying ants' which disperse in large numbers to mate and form new colonies.

How to identify: The common small black ant in gardens, and may also turn up indoors, searching for sugary food.

Where: Widespread

Natural Superpowers

• Predator: 60
• Agility: 50
• Rarity: 20
• Cute factor: 30
• Traveller: 20

Fantastic fact: There may be as many as 15,000 Black Garden Ants in a single colony!

Photograph credit: Anders Lennver