S. V. Stukalyuk

Urban Lasius niger ants more readily accept low concentration sucrose solution than rural ants

This study finds urban Lasius niger ants accept lower concentration sucrose solutions more readily than rural ants, suggesting potential nutritional stress.

A new trait in a well-studied ant: low aggression between workers from Lasius niger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) nest complexes

The paper describes a new trait in Lasius niger ants, where workers from the same nest complex show low aggression, promoting nest integrity and growth, but exhibit higher aggression towards workers from a distant monodomous population.

Queens from a unique hyper-dense Lasius niger population tolerate pleometrosis better than queens from a 'normal' population

The study compares queen survival in pleometrotic groups from a hyper-dense and normal Lasius niger population, finding higher survival in the hyper-dense population.