Ants can do both great good and great harm. If they are bred in your garden, greenhouse or garden, then do not rush to drive away these insects; natural enemies of ants can cope with them.
Who eats ants in the forest
The Bears
The master of the taiga rakes anthills with a clawed paw in order to feast on both the larvae and numerous ants.
Jerzy
Hedgehogs, like mice, are rather omnivorous, so if they come across an anthill, they can make a light snack.
Frogs and toads
In addition to flies and mosquitoes, they are also not averse to eat the inhabitants of anthills.
Fish
Together with the rain, the water washes away small debris, earth, leaves, grass, and, of course, various insects, which immediately fall prey to fish.
Enemies in the garden
Anthills, located within the boundaries of the garden, can also be attacked by all sorts of insects and animals. The danger of these bugs lurks even from the air.
Birds
Birds help out gardeners, saving them from aphids, midges and caterpillars. In their tenacious paws can also get as ants, workers, and the uterus, who left their home, an anthill.
Moles and shrews
As a rule, they catch their prey under the ground. Laying the next "tunnel", they can be supported by both larvae and adults.
Lizards
They can reach the victim anywhere: even on a garden bed, even in a closed greenhouse.
Ant lion
He waits at his lair of small insects, be it aphid, spider or ant.
As you can see, there are plenty of enemies in the poor fellow ants. And sometimes the damage to the anthill cause even pets - cats or dogs. Nevertheless, these insects are still the most numerous, known and ubiquitous. Therefore, on the hills of anthills can easily stumble in the forest often, and in the center of the city - in the sandbox, the old stump or flower bed.
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Useful materials
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- Rating of effective means of ants in the apartment
- Ant traps
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- What do ants eat?
- The value of ants in nature
- Hierarchy of ants: the king of the ant and the structural features of the working ant
- How do ants breed?
- Ants with wings
- Forest and garden ants, as well as the ant reaper
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