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The little black ant (Monomorium minimum) is a species of ant native to North America. [1] It is a shiny black color, the workers about 1 to 2 mm long and the queens 4 to 5 mm long. It is a monomorphic species, with only one caste of worker, and polygyne , meaning a nest may have more than one queen.
Black garden ant with the mandibles of an unidentified creature.. The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, which is found across Europe and in some parts of North America, South America, Asia and Australasia.
A term used for eusocial insects of the family Formicidae that are black in color. It has been used to describe many ants, including: The Black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) The Black garden ant (Lasius niger) The Little black ant (Monomorium minimum) Some ant mimics look like black ants (see Ant mimicry)
Most ants of this genus nest in rotting wood, under rocks, or in the soil. [2] Some species are scavengers, while others are seed collectors. [8] Many species have venom containing alkaloids, which they use as a defense from predators. [9] Besides its morphological variation, the genus is also variable in chromosome number, with 2n of 16 to 70 ...
Ants vary in colour; most ants are yellow to red or brown to black, but a few species are green and some tropical species have a metallic lustre. More than 13,800 species are currently known [37] (with upper estimates of the potential existence of about 22,000; see the article List of ant genera), with the greatest diversity in the tropics ...
T. sessile is a small ant that ranges in color from brown to black, and varies in length from 1 ⁄ 16 to 1 ⁄ 8 inches (1.5–3.2 mm). When crushed, these ants leave a smell which leads to their nickname "stink ant".
The worker longhorn crazy ant is about 2.3 to 3.0 mm (0.09 to 0.12 in) long with a brownish-black head, thorax, petiole, and gaster, often with a faint blue iridescence. The body has a few short, whitish bristles and the antennae and limbs are pale brown.
Ochetellus glaber (also known as the black household ant) is a species of ant native to Australia. A member of the genus Ochetellus in the subfamily Dolichoderinae , it was described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862.