Araneus to use the genus in their publications, notably Franganillo (1913, 1918), Hingston (1932), Kaston (1948) and Marples (1957). Chamberlin and Ivie published a new species, "Epeira miniata", in 1944, which was rejected. Jean-Henri Fabre refers to "Argiope" spiders as "Epeira" in his 1928 book "The Life of the Spider" ("La Vie des araignées"), within the family "Epeirae". James Henry Emerton also uses the genus "Epeira" in his 1902 book "The Common Spiders of the United States", but refers to spiders mostly now considered "Araneus". The popular 1893 book "American Spiders and their Spinningwork" by Henry Christopher McCook also uses "Epeira"
Black garden ant Black garden ant The black garden ant ("Lasius niger"), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus "Lasius", found all over Europe and in some parts of North America, South America, Australia, Asia and Australasia. The European species was split into two species; "L. niger" is found in open areas, while "L. platythorax" is found in forest habitats. It is monogynous, meaning colonies have a single queen. "Lasius niger" colonies can reach in size up to around 40,000 workers in rare cases but 4,000–7,000 is around average. A "Lasius niger" queen