Brown Ants

[Chicken Legs]

i would like to know if after relocating a couple of fruit shrubs this aftenoon i noticed some brown shiny ants when i started to dig at their new location.  Are they a real pest and if so how do i keep on top of this problem?  Cheers! :-\

[Chicken Legs]

[Robert_Brenchley]

No they're not a real pest. They might do marginal harm by farming aphids, but they do a lot of good by eating pests you don't want.

[lincsyokel2]

Ah Brown Ants, Acanthomyops brunneus, or Pharaoh Ant Monomorium pharaonis (small (2 mm) yellow or light brown, almost transparent.)

Either way, ruthlessly kill the little b******s,. there a menace.

Other sorts of ants are fine.