CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What species are common black ants?

1. What species are common black ants?

There are many varieties of black ants. The edible black ants are the black polyrhizoid ants, which are currently cultivated artificially. Of course, there are other black ants, but whether they are edible remains to be verified. Not all black ants can be eaten, and some are poisonous. Other black ant species include big black ants, black mountain ants, black long ants, black grass ants and other varieties.

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Lifestyle habits:

Black ants are social insects that live in nests. They often build nests on trees or underground and love their nests. They usually live socially in camps. A group of black ants consists of one or several female ants (queen ants) and many worker ants, soldier ants and male ants. Black ants run very fast when they go out, and their routes of movement have a certain regularity. The various ants in their colony have clear division of labor.

Female ants rarely go out except for migration and nesting, but they are the most fully developed, specializing in reproduction and producing offspring.

Male ants are only responsible for mating with female ants and die shortly after mating.

Worker ants are responsible for building nests, finding food, feeding larvae and female ants. Soldier ants mainly protect the safety of the nest, guard the entrance, and prevent non-nest ants from entering the nest. Once an intruder is found, they will form a group with each other and kill foreign ants that enter the nest.

feeding habits:

Black ants have a wide range of diets and are omnivorous insects. Under natural conditions, they often feed on insects, spiders, centipedes, locusts, moth larvae, and small animals such as rice, wheat, corn, corn, sorghum, and plant roots. Tuber crops are used as food. The above food will be moved back to the nest for storage.

But in different seasons, black ants have slightly different preferences for various foods. Black ants eat the most sugar and fruit foods in winter, and the most sugar and animal foods in spring. The composition of black ants' food is somewhat correlated with the types of plants and animals in their living environment. The time when black ants go out of the nest to eat also has a certain regularity. In winter, the peak time for black ants to eat is after 10 am and before 4 pm. In spring, there are usually two peak times for black ants to go out of the nest to eat every day, namely 8-10 am and 4-7 pm.

In fact, there are many varieties of black ants. The edible black ants are the black polyrhizoid ants, which are currently cultivated in artificial eyes. Of course, there are other black ants, but whether they can be eaten remains to be verified. Not all black ants can be eaten, and some are poisonous. Other black ant varieties include big black ants, black mountain ants, black long ants, black grass ants and other varieties. Let's take a look at the varieties of ants.

1. Pseudo-black spiny ant

The two-toothed polyrhachis ant is a species of ant in the genus Polyrhachis of the family Formicidae. The names that have been withdrawn include the pseudo-black polyrhachis ant, the ding-pig polyrhachis ant, the black thorn ant, etc. It is an economic insect. It has a dormant period in winter and stops reproducing. Under normal circumstances, sexual ants are produced in April and October every year.



2. Small yellow house ant

They are small in size, with worker ants only about 1.5-2 mm long. They have been found throughout the country, often nesting in kitchens, under piles of debris in enclosed balconies, and in wall cracks, causing widespread harm.



3. Big-headed ants

One of the important harmful ant species in Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas of my country. It usually builds nests in the corners of outdoor foundations and invades buildings to steal food.



4. Worker Ants

The body is 2-2.3 mm long, brownish yellow, with yellow antennae and legs. The head and chest have fine longitudinal stripes, almost dull, with very fine lines between the stripes. The antennae are relatively long and very thick, with the stalk reaching the top of the head. The base of the upper jaw has long longitudinal stripes; the lower jaw has 4 sections; the base of the lip is slightly notched.



5. Sword-jawed house ant

The body length is 3.5-4.5mm. The head, chest and abdomen are dark chestnut brown, with a beautiful metallic luster under certain light; the antennae are dark red. There are some scattered light-colored fine hairs on the forehead of the head and the end of the abdomen. The hairs are fine and dense, especially on the abdomen.



6. Ichthyophthirius

Body length 5-6mm, large, head black, chest and abdomen dark brown, tarsus brown. The chest, such as the mesothorax, metathoracic plate and the central part of the protruding abdominal segment, is bulging, and the abdominal stalk is slightly extended forward and upward. Male ants: body length 2-3mm. Worker ants: body length 2-3.5mm, body black, abdomen is shiny glass color, upper jaw is brown, legs are dark brown or black, tarsus is light yellow, antenna stalk is yellow brown, whip is brown, head, abdomen, etc. have white coarse hair.



7. Black Ant

Distribution: Taiwan, worldwide distribution. Damage: Worker ants: 2.2-3mm long, slender, dark brown to black, long antennae and legs, 12 segments, not club-shaped at the end. Abdomen gray to violet, with growing and rough hairs; a large tubercle on the abdominal stalk, without thorns.



8. Rochelle's road ant

It is widely distributed in China, often building nests on roadsides, in corners, and in wall cracks, and invading indoor spaces to steal food.



9. Leafcutter Ants

Leafcutter ants cut leaves from trees and other plants and use them to grow fungi. They feed the growing fungi to their larvae (the adults mainly feed on the juices of the leaves they cut up). There are actually only 38 species in two genera of ants (Atta and Acromyrmex) that can cut leaves.



10. Bulldog Ant

Also known as the Australian giant ant or bulldog ant, they are relatively large among ant species, with a maximum size of 5 cm. They have a stinger on their body that can kill their enemies. The Queensland species of bulldog ant can grow up to three centimeters in length.

2. Can giant black ants be raised artificially?

It can be raised artificially, as long as the queen ant is collected,

3. My mother was buried last year. Today, when I went to sweep the grave, I found a nest of black ants in the middle of the grave. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Black ants are active during the day, on the surface of the land, and they are active during the day and hide at night. They are insects that need positive energy and will not cause any harm to the depths of the cemetery. From an objective analysis of facts, there must be a large biological chain population living around the cemetery, and ants are just a link in this biological chain. The presence of biological population activity indicates that the area is full of yang energy and vitality (it is rumored that ant piles are the best graves, and the family has a large number of people, but there are only rumors and no personal experience. Ant piles must be black and red ants that are active on the surface). Ants belong to the earth's yin, and the ant nests are connected in all directions underground, connecting to the earth's yin below and the yang above. There is a saying that disperses yin.

If you just want to kill ants, it is recommended that you use pesticides. Watering is useless.

According to the theory of Feng Shui, you can place a small yang formation above the ant nest.

Take 5 copper coins and place them in a zigzag shape, cover them with incense ash, and then cover them with soil. Ants are everywhere, especially in the peak breeding season in summer. There is nothing special about it.

If you must believe something, ants are connected to the Yin, and ant nests on the Yin side gather Yin, which is not good for family members. The Yang side releases grievances and protects the family from harmony.

Good karma.

From the perspective of cause and effect, ants and the deceased are relatives, friends, brothers, parents, etc. in this life or previous lives or even more lives. Although they cannot be together in life, they will stay together and protect each other after death, not allowing other ghosts and living things to invade or disturb the deceased. They are willing to serve as guards for the deceased, and ants will not enter dragon's caves to invade the dead.

It is auspicious for ants to gather together on tombstones.

How do you know it is auspicious? Later generations often dream of themselves leading many people to win a battle, or many people working with them and other auspicious dreams.

Then watch to see if there are any ants entering and exiting the dragon's lair from the tombstone or the grave surface.

If not, it can be judged that the ants gathering together on the tombstone is auspicious, and the descendants will be rich and prosperous.

Hello, I am happy to answer your question. It is a good thing to find a nest of black ants. It proves that your descendants will have very good fortune.

Black ants are common animals. It can be said that there are black ants wherever there are people in the world. There are ants on every piece of land. They are the masters of the earth and are everywhere. Everyone is familiar with black ants. Now there are professional breeding of large black ants for both medicinal and edible purposes. There are also many large black ants in the wild, but some of them are inedible and poisonous.

From the perspective of Feng Shui, is it good to have many black ants in the mountain cemetery? Do they damage Feng Shui? Black ants are active during the day and on the surface of the land. They are active during the day and hide at night. They are insects that need positive energy and will not cause any harm to the depths of the cemetery. From an objective analysis of facts, there must be a large biological chain population living around the cemetery, and ants are just one of this biological population.

“My mother was buried last year. Today, when I went to sweep the grave, I found a nest of black ants in the middle of the grave. Is it good or bad?” Answer: Black ants in the cemetery are a symbol of harmonious development and progress of the family. They are also a sign of rising wealth and impending fortune. They are a manifestation of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds.