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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 638 No. 638 |

Brown Tree Ant
Brown Tree Ant (Lasius brunneus) – species of family “Ants“

Lasius brunneus is a species of ant in the genus Lasius. The species is widely distributed in Europe, from Sweden in the north to Anatolia in the south. In England this species is almost always found nesting in oak trees or rotting wood mainly foraging in trees but has also been found under stones and foraging on the ground. It is thought to be underrecorded but is fairly common especially in the South East.

Ancestry Graph

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„Brown Tree Ant“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily