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Hello I don't mean to start a argument or anything and I am positive that you know ants a lot more than I do however I have been looking into that and on AntMaps it says that L. Niger have been found in many parts of the eastern US due to plants being brought over from Europe and them being introduced. I am aware of Lasius Alienus which are very similar but they (AntMaps) make a clear distinction between the two, they even have pictures of the L. Niger which are identical to the European specimensBatspiderfish wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:53 amNo Lasius niger in Tennessee.
Small ants love small insects like Drosophila "fruit flies".
Lasius niger in the U.S. is understudied because populations are so few and isolated that they are rarely found. It is also easy to mistaken them. Antmaps and Antweb are great database resources, but they occasionally contradict the research done by local ecologists, particularly in the case of ants which are hard to identify. They should be taken with a grain of salt.AntDudeUSA wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:17 pmHello I don't mean to start a argument or anything and I am positive that you know ants a lot more than I do however I have been looking into that and on AntMaps it says that L. Niger have been found in many parts of the eastern US due to plants being brought over from Europe and them being introduced. I am aware of Lasius Alienus which are very similar but they (AntMaps) make a clear distinction between the two, they even have pictures of the L. Niger which are identical to the European specimensBatspiderfish wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:53 amNo Lasius niger in Tennessee.
Small ants love small insects like Drosophila "fruit flies".
You know BatSpiderFish you might as well keep the phrase "There is no lasius niger in north america and yes i know antmaps says it is but they are sometimes wrong" always copyed and pasted when you get on the the forumsBatspiderfish wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 3:57 pmLasius niger in the U.S. is understudied because populations are so few and isolated that they are rarely found. It is also easy to mistaken them. Antmaps and Antweb are great database resources, but they occasionally contradict the research done by local ecologists, particularly in the case of ants which are hard to identify. They should be taken with a grain of salt.AntDudeUSA wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:17 pmHello I don't mean to start a argument or anything and I am positive that you know ants a lot more than I do however I have been looking into that and on AntMaps it says that L. Niger have been found in many parts of the eastern US due to plants being brought over from Europe and them being introduced. I am aware of Lasius Alienus which are very similar but they (AntMaps) make a clear distinction between the two, they even have pictures of the L. Niger which are identical to the European specimensBatspiderfish wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:53 amNo Lasius niger in Tennessee.
Small ants love small insects like Drosophila "fruit flies".
Yeah. I understand where people are coming from. AntsCanada has no myrmecologists associated with it to straighten these things out and online resources become the most authoritative hubs of information. Even I find myself relying on Antmaps and Antweb, which might occasionally lead me to make a mistake, but I happen to know a thing or two about the ants on my continent.