Black garden ant
A kind of ant · also called common black ant, Lasius niger
About
The black garden ant is a common backyard insect that measures only a fraction of an inch long.
Worker ants make up the bulk of the colony and stay small at about 0.2 inches (5 mm). Queen ants are much larger, often reaching up to 0.35 inches (9 mm) long, while reproductive males fall in between. Compared to carpenter ants, which can reach over half an inch long, black garden ants are relatively small. Despite weighing only a fraction of a milligram, thousands of these tiny workers together can excavate large underground nests.
From Wikipedia
The black garden ant, also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the genus Lasius, which is found across Europe and in some parts of North America, and believed to inhabit certain parts of Asia. The European species was split into two species; L. niger, which is found in open areas; and L. platythorax, which is found in forest habitats.
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- How big is a black garden ant?
- A black garden ant worker is about 0.2 inches (5 mm) long, 0.08 inches (2 mm) tall, and weighs around 0.00014 ounces (4 mg). That makes it roughly the length of an uncooked grain of rice.
Weight
0.00014 oz (4 mg)
- Length
- 0.197 in (5 mm)
- Height
- 0.079 in (2 mm)
Quick answer
A black garden ant worker is about 0.2 inches (5 mm) long, 0.08 inches (2 mm) tall, and weighs around 0.00014 ounces (4 mg). That makes it roughly the length of an uncooked grain of rice.
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