Black garden ants are a common ant, living in europe, parts of North America and some countries in Asia. Many people consider the black garden ants as a pest. In the summer these ants walk though your house, looking for food or places to nest. and in your garden they eat berries. They drown in your lemonade and explore the whole kitchen. some people think you can get sick by eating the ants. No wonder that many people want to get rid of these ants.

Black garden ants are also known as black ants, house ants or brouwn ants. The scientific name is Lasius niger. They build tunnels and mounds in the garden. From there they explore the entire area. L. niger does like urban places. Where people live, these ants do too. On the internet you can find hundreds of ways to get rid of them. We have them in our house too, some times. But only a few. How is that possible, with ant colonies under the pavement, in the garden and even under the house…

One reason is probably our back yard itself. The garden is not entirely covered with stone and concrete. We left a lot of space for plants to grow. We do not use all kind of insecticides to protect the plants against insects. And we also do not clean the garden properly. This means that other insects and animals can get a lot of food. And this means that the ants do also have a lot of supplies. Ants do not need to explore our house.

The second reason we do not have a lot of ants is the pest control. Each time we see an ant in our house we kill it instantly. The ant cannot make a trail for the other ants. We also remove the trails with vinegar. All ants coming in lose the way…