Is Lasius Niger Claustral?

Nesting Habits
Madsen and Offenberg (2017) - Most colonies of Lasius niger are started by a single claustral queen that uses her stored energy reserves to raise her first brood.

Is lasius Niger polygynous?

2017 - The natural North American populations identified as Lasius niger are not conspecific and belong to a currently undescribed species.]

Is lasius Niger invasive?

Lasius neglectus is, as L. humile, one of the 19 species listed as highly invasive by the IUCN invasive species specialist group [IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, 2019]. It is a more recent invader, described as a new species in 1990 [20], and shown to have a behavioral superiority over L. humile [21].

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