This is video on My notice what I did when I walk today in small forest road, this what I find there.
Ants wake-up Summer is coming !!
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I like your video's and these ants are called: Hairy wood ants or karvainen puu muurahaisia (Hope I didn't say something rude in Finnish)
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Peoples here start to learn finnish... very nice.
No You don't but never hear before that "hairy wood ants" term..
We have large mounds of them too. They are called thatching ants.
http://www.naturenorth.com/summer/Ants/Thatching_Ants.html
There are so many of them that they create ant highways in our lawn. You need to be careful where you stand. If you block their way they will start coming up your legs.
http://www.naturenorth.com/summer/Ants/Thatching_Ants.html
There are so many of them that they create ant highways in our lawn. You need to be careful where you stand. If you block their way they will start coming up your legs.
"begreen, post: 1931424, member: 5"]We have large mounds of them too. They are called thatching ants.
In your reference did you notice this "(I didn't find out which of the many species I'd encountered so I can't expound of the species name at this point. We are referring to the same ant, but I've been more specific and you've given the general name for these ants.
In Finland they are called hairy wood ants, http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anzf42/anzf42-243.pdf
Distribution . Absent from Denmark and South Sweden; abundant throughout Norway and Finland and from Central Sweden northward. - Locally common in North Britain, local in South Ireland. - Range: northern Eurosiberia and European mountains from Pyrenees to Kamchatka and Japan, Italy to North Norway.
Biology. This is a robust active species. Colonies are often in groups with inter-connecting nests. It has similar habits to F. rufa HNS but is able to forage at much lower temperatures and replaces F. rufa HNS entirely from Central Fennoscandia to the far north. http://eol.org/pages/463474/details[/QUOTE][/quote]
In your reference did you notice this "(I didn't find out which of the many species I'd encountered so I can't expound of the species name at this point. We are referring to the same ant, but I've been more specific and you've given the general name for these ants.
In Finland they are called hairy wood ants, http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anzf42/anzf42-243.pdf
Distribution . Absent from Denmark and South Sweden; abundant throughout Norway and Finland and from Central Sweden northward. - Locally common in North Britain, local in South Ireland. - Range: northern Eurosiberia and European mountains from Pyrenees to Kamchatka and Japan, Italy to North Norway.
Biology. This is a robust active species. Colonies are often in groups with inter-connecting nests. It has similar habits to F. rufa HNS but is able to forage at much lower temperatures and replaces F. rufa HNS entirely from Central Fennoscandia to the far north. http://eol.org/pages/463474/details[/QUOTE][/quote]
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You're right, I'm no etymologist. They are called thatching ants in the northwest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formica_obscuripes, but are a different related species to the hairy ants of northern Europe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formica_lugubris.
Here's how ours are doing today. It's cold and rainy so they are mostly in the nest today. On a warm day the entire area is covered with thousands of ants.
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Here's how ours are doing today. It's cold and rainy so they are mostly in the nest today. On a warm day the entire area is covered with thousands of ants.
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Not ant related, but, hey Metsaman, I'm a Mets man myself! Baseball season started today! Winter is over, Spring has begun.
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That is some cool flag....
No way, they are nature's recyclers and pretty harmless.
Scientists have after years of research on ant populations discovered many things about the contributions made by these tiny creatures. Finding large ant populations in certain areas of old growth forest indicates that the trees and the forest itself is intact and healthy. Having lots of ants living in areas with sandy and loamy soil indicates that those areas are clean of contaminants and pesticides, it also means that the soil and the land itself is healthy.
They have also been researching tree ants recently as a way to keep trees healthy without pesticides,(they kill most insects that come near the fruit) the problem is that ants don't like it when you take their (your) harvest. So harvesting fruit and nuts from trees that the ants populate has to be carefully done, and they haven't quite figured out how to do it safely.
They have also been researching tree ants recently as a way to keep trees healthy without pesticides,(they kill most insects that come near the fruit) the problem is that ants don't like it when you take their (your) harvest. So harvesting fruit and nuts from trees that the ants populate has to be carefully done, and they haven't quite figured out how to do it safely.
Fire! Burn them with gas and Fire
You need lots of gas and huge fire to kill all ants on My forest... they are everywhere...
Yes, if they stay in forest and not come to You house better thing to do is let they stay in peace.
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