The following is a list of the common names of native ant species. For alien ants species introduced to or recorded in the British Isles, see List non-endemic ant species introduced to the British Isles.

Also see ants, British ants and Horace Donisthorpe.

  • bark ant
  • black ant
  • black field ant
  • black backed meadow ant
  • black bog ant
  • black garden ant
  • blood red ant
  • blood red robber ant
  • blood red slavemaker
  • dark guest ant
  • erratic ant
  • excised ant
  • excised wood ant
  • garden ant
  • hairy wood ant
  • hill ant
  • indolent ant
  • jet ant
  • large black ant
  • narrow-headed ant
  • northern wood ant
  • red ant
  • red barbed ant
  • red robber ant
  • red wood ant
  • scottish wood ant
  • shining guest ant
  • shining bog ant
  • small black ant
  • southern wood ant
  • tetramorium slavemaker
  • wood ant
  • yellow field ant
  • yellow meadow ant

Also see List_of_ant_genera_(alphabetical) for alphabetical listings of worldwide ant genera.