Will sugar ants hurt my garden?

Question

My plants are already full grown so there are no seeds, but my fruit plants are flowering. For some reason black ants are all over my garden. They do not bite me but I am afraid that they may be hurting my garden. Will they eat the fruit? When I watch them I never see them carring anything off. What the heck are they doing?

Answer 1

no i have a lot of ants too. I googled it and it said ants are fine, they won't eat anything and slightly help the garden by making air tunels to the roots.  They are just making their home.

Answer 2

mmm...

black ants are said to be lucky and harmless so try watching over them for a few weeks and see if your garden has been eaten then immediately call for help

Answer 3

Many ants eat a sweet fluid, called honeydew, that is excreted by aphids. Some species actually keep and protect the aphids and care for their eggs. Honeypot ants of the southwestern United States store honeydew, using certain workers as living containers for the fluid. These workers are fed enormous quantities of honeydew; their bodies become so greatly distended that they are unable to crawl about. They remain motionless in the nest, disgorging droplets of food as required to feed other members of the colony.

The ants in your garden may be after the aphid. Don't worry about the ants unless you can connect them to damage in your garden, they are probably helping you out

Here is a interesting article that may put your mind to ease.

http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/...