AnimalsAnts live in colonies ruled by a queen. Workers lay scent trails so that others can follow them to food. An ant can carry many times its own weight.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Lasius niger
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Diet
- Omnivore (eats plants and animals)
- Lives in
- Europe and Asia
- Habitat
- Gardens, pavements and fields
- A young one is called
- larva
- A group is called
- colony
- Conservation status
- No category in our data
How it is classified
Scientists sort living things into groups within groups. Reading down, each step is a smaller group, ending with the species itself.
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Class Insecta
- Order Hymenoptera
- Family Formicidae
- Genus Lasius
- Species Lasius niger
More distant relatives in the order Hymenoptera: Western honey bee.
Classification follows the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Other reference works arrange some groups differently. How classification works.
Is it in danger?
No Red List category for the garden ant was found in our data source. What the categories mean.