Lasius flavus
The yellow meadow ant lives underground, builds grassy mounds in meadows and tends root aphids.
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Species at a glance
- Origin: Europe, including Ukraine; meadows and pastures
- Size: queen 7–9 mm; workers 2–4.5 mm, yellow
- Colony: up to tens of thousands of ants in the wild; may have several queens
- Difficulty: intermediate, for keepers with some experience
Care conditions
- Temperature: 18–25 °C
- Humidity: 50–70%; the nest must be dark, as the ants shun light
- Food: in the wild, honeydew from root aphids; in captivity, sugar or honey water and freshly killed small insects twice a week
Hibernation
Essential: 3–5 months at about 5 °C.
Farm and colony growth
The queen founds the colony alone and needs no food until the first workers appear; a young colony lives in a test tube until it gets crowded. The colony grows slowly and rarely comes to the surface, so this species suits keepers happy with quiet observation.