Post by Psamathe on Sept 9, 2020 18:48:33 GMT
I cut the grass yesterday and one area had loads of ant nests, maybe a couple of meters apart. Rest had virtually no nests. Out for a walk today (agricultural fields) and saw no ant nests.
What sort of conditions might be attracting the ants to the one area of my garden (it's a large garden so that area is a lot of ant nests, guessing 15-20). Or is it the proximity to other nests? (I thought they fought each other - from memory). There is no real food source nearby other than grass. Orchard area is a fair distance (for an ant - 40m), hedgerow 30m.
I noticed then as the lawn mower got stuck on the raised "mounds" (not obvious until the mower catches).
They seem deserted now but earlier in the year such mounds were black ants (Lasius niger ?).
Ian
What sort of conditions might be attracting the ants to the one area of my garden (it's a large garden so that area is a lot of ant nests, guessing 15-20). Or is it the proximity to other nests? (I thought they fought each other - from memory). There is no real food source nearby other than grass. Orchard area is a fair distance (for an ant - 40m), hedgerow 30m.
I noticed then as the lawn mower got stuck on the raised "mounds" (not obvious until the mower catches).
They seem deserted now but earlier in the year such mounds were black ants (Lasius niger ?).
Ian
