Black Garden Ant Drone
Lasius niger (drone)
The black garden ant drone is a slender, winged male produced by established colonies for summer mating flights. It leaves the nest to seek newly emerged queens in the air, relying on its large eyes and antennae to locate mates. Drones feed little during their brief adult lives and do not forage or build nests; after mating, they soon die.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- Black Garden Ant Larva
- ?
- Black Garden Ant
- Black Garden Ant Queen
- Black Garden Ant Drone