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Lasius flavus (Fabricius) (Yellow Meadow Ant)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Lasius flavus 23 June 2005 North Wiltshire England 1

Suggested Literature

General Works

King, T., 2006 (Colour photograph of nest section) The value of ant-hills in grasslands

Lasius flavus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
FORMICOIDEA FORMICIDAE
(ants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Lasius flavus is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Lasius flavus listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Lasius flavus:

nest nest may attract larva Microdon devius - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
nest nest has guest larva Clytra quadripunctata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Rare Cox, M.L., 2007
nest nest has guest worker Myrmecina graminicola - Grass Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos nest nest with inquiline Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi - Ant Woodlouse (Isopoda: Platyarthridae) UK/Ireland Major Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985
pupa? pupa? is predated by larva Microdon devius - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993

Lasius flavus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
FORMICOIDEA FORMICIDAE
(ants)
Lasius
(a genus of ants)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Harding, P.T. & Sutton, S.L., 1985 Woodlice in Britain & Ireland: Distribution & Habitat
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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