Yellow Meadow Ant

Name: Yellow Meadow Ant

Scientific name: Lasius flavus

Category: Minibeasts

Nature Stars: 40

What are nature stars?

About: This is the common ant that creates anthills in old grassland and downland.

How to identify: One of several closely related and very similar species that build ant hills.

Where: Widespread

Natural Superpowers

• Predator: 40
• Agility: 50
• Rarity: 40
• Cute factor: 30
• Traveller: 20

Fantastic fact: Meadow Ants spend most of their life underground where they feed on honeydew produced by aphids that they 'farm' on grass roots.

Photograph credit: bramblejungle