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What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:17 am
by Dominik
I want to know what invasive ants live in europe because i would like to keep solenopsis invicta (if it lives in europe) and argentine ants because of their abillity of merging colonies (It is 100 percent sucesfull every time)

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:42 am
by AqdasHassaan
Dominik wrote:
Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:17 am
I want to know what invasive ants live in europe because i would like to keep solenopsis invicta (if it lives in europe) and argentine ants because of their abillity of merging colonies (It is 100 percent sucesfull every time)
This website is helpful. Might help you out as well.
http://antark.net/links/regional-ant-species/ants-of-europe/

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:42 am
by Dominik
Tnx

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:50 am
by Dominik
I have found out that aregintine ants AKA linepithema humile is in europe but i am not sure is it in my country
and about solenopsis that it exists but it is hard to find

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:54 am
by AqdasHassaan
I always wanted to have solenopsis geminata but we don't have solenopsis sp. in south asia. :(

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:46 pm
by Dominik
I did to actually i would be happy with any stinging species but here in croatia i can t fidn any

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:23 pm
by muhilanirudh
AqdasHassaan wrote:
Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:54 am
I always wanted to have solenopsis geminata but we don't have solenopsis sp. in south asia. :(
You can find many solenopsis colonies in south Asia.
Even I live in south Asia and I have solenopsis geminate colony.

Solenopsos Invectas are most abundant

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:51 pm
by AqdasHassaan
muhilanirudh wrote:
Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:23 pm
AqdasHassaan wrote:
Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:54 am
I always wanted to have solenopsis geminata but we don't have solenopsis sp. in south asia. :(
You can find many solenopsis colonies in south Asia.
Even I live in south Asia and I have solenopsis geminate colony.

Solenopsos Invectas are most abundant
It's likely present in Pakistan so it's not abundant and that's why I haven't been able to find any colony of solenopsi sp.

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:53 pm
by AqdasHassaan
This is the list of all the abundant ants in Pakistan and you can see there isn't any solenopsis mentioned in the list.
http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Pakistan

Re: What invasive ants live in europe

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:34 pm
by muhilanirudh
AqdasHassaan wrote:
Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:53 pm
This is the list of all the abundant ants in Pakistan and you can see there isn't any solenopsis mentioned in the list.
http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Pakistan
Pakistan has more of a European ants than tropical ants.
in my place we dont have tetramorium and lasius ants.