AntWorld
Welcome to AntWorld, Vitax Limited's centre for useful information, help & advice on all things Ant!
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Introduction There are over 15,000 different species of ants in the world and no matter how interesting or fascinating they are as a subject, the fact remains that the few species found in the UK are totally unacceptable pests in the home and garden. We hope the following information will help you obtain the full benefits available from Nippon products.
The UK species of red and yellow ants are mainly carnivorous and are generally only an outdoor problem. Black ants however, are a species of sweet eaters; their natural food being honeydew, a secretion from aphids (greenfly, blackfly and whitefly) and other plant sap eating insects. Food is taken up by aphids in a volume which they cannot digest, thus, they produce a high and continual discharge of honeydew. Ants will farm the aphids and protect them against other predators. If you see black ants on your roses, vegetables, shrubs and fruit trees, you can be certain that the new growth of such plants is being attacked by sap sucking insects.
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