Ants species at verge of extinction in England

Ants are common insects which can be found every where, however they have some interesting abilities. More than 10,000 known species are found around the world. They are particularly pervasive in tropical woods, where they may be dependent upon 50% of every last one of bugs living in a few areas. 

Ants are an extremely important part of food chain. They eat plants, seeds, and rotting plant and creature material.These are the One types of ground dwelling insect has gotten wiped out in England in the recent 200 years.

Black-backed Meadow Ants

The Black-backed meadow ant (Formica pratensis) is an expansive 'wood ant' that takes after the more basic southern wood  little creature (Formica rufa). Its thorax shows some red colouration, nonetheless, by and large this species is much darker than its connected species. Its stomach area is dim tan to dark and the entire of its body is secured in fine hairs.

The Black-backed meadow ant has been uncommon since it was initially recorded in the UK. It was restricted to a couple of destinations around the Bournemouth and Wareham territories of Dorset in any case, in spite of various casual ventures, there have been no sightings of this species since the 1980's, when two last known provinces in the Morden zone vanished. A populace still exists on precipice top locales on the Channel Islands. The Black-backed meadow ant is broad in Europe yet is declining. The Black-backed meadow ant is recorded as Vulnerable by the IUCN/WCMC and as Endangered in the GB Red List. The Black-upheld glade burrowing little creature is potentially now wiped out in the UK.

One of the purposes behind this ants decay is urban advancement on precipice tops, especially in Bournemouth.

Black-bog Ants


The Black Bog ant (Formica candida) is exceptionally uncommon. It is a medium-sized ground dwelling insect that is dark and glossy. In the UK the dark lowland ground ant is known from just a little number of lowlands, wet heaths and overgrown stream sides in Dorset and Hampshire and from a separated site close Carmarthen in Dyfed, Wales.

The Black Bog ant appears to have vanished from various its previous domains in the New Forest and has been recorded in just nine one km squares there since 1975. The Black Bog burrowing little creature is recorded as Endangered in the GB Red List.

There are numerous components prompting the decay of the Black Bog ant including habitat loss, nest trampling through grazing and drought.

Narrow-headed ants


The Narrow-headed ant(Formica exsecta) is local to the British Isles. The Narrow-headed ant is an uncommon formicine ant with a profoundly excised head and forms mounds up to one foot in stature comprising of much better material than that utilized by "genuine" wood ants. In Britain, the Narrow-headed insect could be discovered just in a couple of scattered heath land areas in South West England chiefly Chudleigh Knighton heath and close-by Bovey Heath which both are overseen by the Devon Wildlife Trust and in the focal Scottish Highlands.

The Narrow-headed ant is recorded as endangered on the GB red List.

The explanations behind this ants decay are habitat loss because of devastation and wrong administration including untimely and extensive fires by scour, trees and bracken prompting shading out of ants nest and subsequent encouragement of competitive species of ant at sites in England.

Different reasons incorporate misfortune of characteristic environments in Scotland. Cruiser scrambling at Bovey Heathfield in England. Unreasonable brushing and deficient skimming by improper types of horses in the New Forest. Supplement advancement of soils and improvement of grass swath. Living space fracture prompting potential inbreeding and misfortune of hereditary wellness in segregated populaces.