Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of Black garden ants (Lasius niger) moving exposed eggs underground, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Ingo Arndt / Black garden ants {Lasius niger} feeding on cricket Germany, Europe

Ammonite / Black garden ant (Lasius niger) carrying off a dead aphid and milking others for honeydew, Bristol, England, UK, July.

Ammonite / Black garden ant (Lasius niger) milking aphids for honeydew, Bristol, England, UK, July.

Stephen Dalton / Garden black ants {Lasius niger} feeding on drop of syrup on granite work surface, UK

Rod Williams / Small black ant (Lasius niger) alate, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Small black ants (Lasius niger) alates massing in a garden shed Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.

Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of Black garden ants (Lasius niger) moving exposed eggs underground, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Dave Bevan / Black garden ants (Lasius niger) hiding larvae and pupae after exposure of colony, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.

Philippe Clement / Black garden ants (Lasius niger) removing pieces from a dead Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) and taking them back to the nest, Gran Paradiso National Park, Graian Alps, Italy, June

Rod Williams / Small black ants (Lasius niger) carrying a dead male Common Blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK. May

Stephen Dalton / Black ants (Lasius niger) and cocoons at nest, Sussex, UK