Yellow Meadow Ant - Lasius flavus
Favourite Photos
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Yellow Meadow Ant - Lasius flavus | dylan | Golden Hill Allotments | 15 Mar 2022, 4:50 p.m. | 14 Mar 2022, 6:23 p.m. | |
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Yellow Meadow Ant - Lasius flavus | dylan | Meadow 10 | 31 May 2022, 11:17 a.m. | 28 May 2022, 11:40 a.m. | |
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Yellow Meadow Ant - Lasius flavus | dylan | Bristol | 14 Aug 2022, 8:24 p.m. | 14 Aug 2022, 1:06 p.m. | |
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Yellow Meadow Ant - Lasius flavus | dylan | Bristol | 14 Aug 2022, 8:24 p.m. | 14 Aug 2022, 1:04 p.m. |
Species Description
Common and widespread throughout the UK but mainly in the South. Habitat includes: Grassy places where vegetation isn't too long so that sunlight can reach the soil such as rough grassland, gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards, wasteland etc. Length: Workers = 2 - 3.5 mm, Queen = 7 - 9 mm. Life Story: Lives in social colonies by building nests or Ant Hills where multiple queens and up to 250,000 workers can exist. Flight period: July to August. Diet: feeds on any invertebrates in the vicinity such as fly larvae, wireworms, woodlice, springtails, aphids (farms them for their honeydew). Other names include: Yellow Hill Ant.