• It works by dehydrating insects and pests, making it an effective, safe alternative to harsh chemical treatments. (gardening-naturally.com)
  • Spectracide Ant Shield Insect Killer Ready-to-Use kills ants and other listed pests on contact, and keeps on killing for up to 9 months indoors. (spectracide.com)
  • Ants are generally overlooked outdoors, but can quickly become one of the most distressing of pests once they find a way into your home. (sterifab.com)
  • Grasslands have dried out because of the increase in plant-sucking insect pests (hemipterans), which the ants cultivate to feed on the sugary "honeydew" that they excrete. (wikipedia.org)
  • Of the few thousand ant species that exist in Australia, only a few are considered pests. (paulmunnsinstantlawn.com.au)
  • Often seen only as pests, they are, in most cases, beneficial insects to have in your lawn and garden, playing a helpful role in creating a diverse and healthy ecosystem. (paulmunnsinstantlawn.com.au)
  • Insect look-alike species are sometimes other pests, but they can also be beneficial insects. (usu.edu)
  • Finding a few ants crawling around your home can be concerning, especially when you're not sure whether they're harmless summer pests or carpenter ants that could cause serious problems. (modernpest.com)
  • Call the exterminator that Lawrence, MA homeowners and the surrounding suburbs trust to get rid of carpenter ants and other warm weather pests before they ruin your summer. (modernpest.com)
  • Insect pests are almost always in balance with their host with population checks applied by weather, competition and natural enemies. (pestnet.org)
  • It features Pyrethrin for fast knockdown of pests and silicon dioxide which dehydrates insects on contact. (greenprochemicalsolutions.com)
  • Do you believe that humans would be better off as cooperative animals, like ants or termites, as opposed to remaining competitive animals? (azpest.com)
  • The masterminds behind these towering constructions are termites, ant-like insects measuring no more than half an inch. (earthlife.net)
  • In the past month , were any chemicals used to treat this home to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites, or other insects? (cdc.gov)
  • Do I need to protect myself from insect stings while I exercise outdoors? (nationaljewish.org)
  • What's the best way to protect against yellow jacket and other insect stings during a picnic? (nationaljewish.org)
  • I've had severe reactions to bee and insect stings in the past. (nationaljewish.org)
  • Wear a medical alert bracelet or necklace stating that you are allergic to stings from bees or other insects. (nationaljewish.org)
  • Red velvet ants are notable for their painful stings and are sometimes referred to as "cow killers. (terrariumstation.com)
  • Red velvet ants are called "cow killers" due to their reputation for delivering painful stings, which can cause intense pain in large animals like cows. (terrariumstation.com)
  • Those who have an allergy to insect bites or stings should carry a bee sting kit and know how to use it in an emergency. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Fire ant stings. (medlineplus.gov)
  • It is important for employers to train their workers about their risk of exposure to insects and scorpions, how they can prevent and protect themselves from stings and bites, and what they should do if they are stung or bitten. (cdc.gov)
  • Allergic reaction to venoms in insect bites and stings that is triggered by the immune system (i.e. (bvsalud.org)
  • For example, social insect behavior is largely cooperative, and the survival of social insect colonies trumps the survival of individual social insects. (azpest.com)
  • Labor in social insect colonies is divided in order to efficiently meet a colony's goals. (azpest.com)
  • These ants form colonies that don't include queens. (azpest.com)
  • In fact, their colonies consist of nothing but workers, as each ant lays eggs that are a clone of themselves. (azpest.com)
  • Since these colonies contain nothing but workers, they can stand in as representatives of early ant species. (azpest.com)
  • The researchers found that colonies containing as few as six ants began to demonstrate cooperative behavior by forming divisions of labor. (azpest.com)
  • Locate nearby colonies by following ant trails to their source. (sterifab.com)
  • Colonies can be found by following ant trails and looking for small raised mounds with a hole at the top. (sterifab.com)
  • As of 2012, the ants have established colonies in all states of the Gulf Coast of the United States including at least 27 counties in Southeast Texas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Red harvester ant colonies speed information flow by varying levels of connectivity. (asknature.org)
  • The small Black House ants and Coastal Brown ants that develop large colonies in and around houses are of the most concern. (paulmunnsinstantlawn.com.au)
  • Ants can become a problem when they develop into large colonies. (paulmunnsinstantlawn.com.au)
  • Workers of C. pennsylvanicus (black carpenter ants) can travel 300 ft from colonies so carpenter ants inside do not necessarily mean there is a colony within the structure. (unl.edu)
  • Colonies can sometimes be eliminated by discarding infested wood or by vacuuming ants. (unl.edu)
  • The discovery, made by scientists at the University's Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER), shows that demand for insect pollination is growing five times as fast as the number of honeybee colonies across Europe as farmers grow more insect-pollinated oil crops, such as oilseed rape and sunflowers, and fruit. (scienceblogs.com)
  • They are social insects, which means they live in large colonies or groups. (bookmycostume.com)
  • Depending on the species, ant colonies can consist of millions of ants. (bookmycostume.com)
  • This paper reports the main results of a research project about the division of labour in laboratory colonies of the fungus-growing ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa . (bvsalud.org)
  • Implications of these results to the understanding of the mechanisms of labour organization in ant colonies are discussed, and directions for further experimental investigations on the topic are suggested. (bvsalud.org)
  • Visual Homing in field crickets and desert ants: a comparative behavioural and modelling study. (dlr.de)
  • Some of the insects that rabbits may eat include aphids, caterpillars, and crickets. (guideforpets.com)
  • Crickets are another type of insect that rabbits may eat. (guideforpets.com)
  • Recent work includes study of some of the more complex capabilities of insects, such as multimodal integration (in crickets and flies), navigation (in ants and bees), learning (in flies and maggots) and grasping (in ants). (lu.se)
  • After clipping out pieces of leaves with their jaws, the fragments are transported to an underground nest that can include over 1,000 chambers and house millions of individual ants. (britannica.com)
  • Deep within the nest, the ants physically and chemically cultivate subterranean "gardens" of fungus that grow on the chewed leaves. (britannica.com)
  • Leafcutter ants ( Atta ) clipping off parts of leaves to carry back to their nest. (britannica.com)
  • Always wondered if your own ant nest would be fun? (keepinginsects.com)
  • I just added a new page to this website describing how to take care of an ant colony and how to build your own formicarium (ant nest). (keepinginsects.com)
  • Overheating, corrosion, and mechanical failures also result from accumulations of dead ants and nest detritus in electrical devices. (wikipedia.org)
  • For instance, if a marauding animal starts digging up a nest, the faster that the ants can communicate the need to move the young to safety, the more young will likely be saved. (asknature.org)
  • In addition we mapped the area around the nest, allowing the creation of a realistic 3D simulated ant habitat [2]. (dlr.de)
  • Both species of Carpenter ants nest in wood and are often associated with moisture problems. (unl.edu)
  • Apply to the nest and where insects are seen. (stvuk.com)
  • Using a no-choice and a choice experiment, I comparatively analyzed the transport rate of 5 obligate and one loosely associated species back to the ant nest and used the transport rate of the ant larvae as a reference. (bvsalud.org)
  • Most individuals the world over will have been exposed to some type of insect bite or sting. (healthcentre.org.uk)
  • Carpenter Ants (Camponotus, spp. (unl.edu)
  • Black carpenter ants are most common species in Nebraska. (unl.edu)
  • Carpenter ants use their strong mouthparts to tunnel wood to make galleries. (unl.edu)
  • Carpenter ants are most active at night, emerging after dusk and returning to their colony prior to dawn. (unl.edu)
  • Carpenter ants make noise that sound like crinkling cellophane as they move about in their colony. (unl.edu)
  • Knowing how to identify carpenter ants can help you determine whether your Lawrence, MA home is safe from damage, or you need to call an exterminator for professional carpenter ant control. (modernpest.com)
  • Carpenter ants are among the largest types of ants living in America, and over 1000 species exist. (modernpest.com)
  • You'll find carpenter ants both indoors and outdoors. (modernpest.com)
  • Damage caused by carpenter ants is most likely to occur in areas where wood has already suffered moisture infiltration. (modernpest.com)
  • As soon as you suspect the presence of carpenter ants in your home or yard, it's time to call your local exterminator for effective, affordable carpenter ant control . (modernpest.com)
  • They tend aphids for honeydew, feed on small insects and vertebrates, and forage on plants, especially for sweet materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • N. fulva eats liquids, including plant nectar and insect honeydew. (wikipedia.org)
  • The interaction certainly seems similar - the ants "farm" the scale insects for their honeydew, a waste product of the scale insect but a food to the ant. (pestnet.org)
  • Zero In® Ant & Crawling Insect Killer is a fast-acting spray that kills ants and other crawling insects on contact and gives protection against their return. (stvuk.com)
  • Yes, red velvet ants can deliver a painful sting, which is why they are also called "cow killer ants. (terrariumstation.com)
  • Spray individual ants with Sterifab whenever you see them. (sterifab.com)
  • Their small size means it may be easy to miss one or two individual ants. (sterifab.com)
  • Aphids are tiny insects that can be found on plants. (guideforpets.com)
  • The ant Lasius flavus engages in an intriguing and obligate mutualistic association with a community of aphids that are cultivated on plant roots in its nests. (bvsalud.org)
  • The ant displays a repertoire of amicable behaviors toward the aphids, including their transport. (bvsalud.org)
  • NIOSH fast facts: protecting yourself from stinging insects. (cdc.gov)
  • One of its many advantages is that it's engineered to do more than eradicate bed bugs and other insects. (sterifab.com)
  • From time to time, you may have noticed ant mounds appearing in your lawn. (paulmunnsinstantlawn.com.au)
  • Ant mounds can be unsightly, especially if you get a lot of them, and then there is the question - Can ants harm your lawn? (paulmunnsinstantlawn.com.au)
  • Most people who have ants in their lawn don't want them there, mostly because of the potential to bite and irritate and because they create unsightly mounds. (paulmunnsinstantlawn.com.au)
  • Yes, the mounds will return, and you will have to repeat the exercise, but this is a small price to pay, considering the good the ants do. (paulmunnsinstantlawn.com.au)
  • Ants live in mounds underground and in the grass, which is also where rabbits dwell. (guideforpets.com)
  • Fire ants build dirt nests that form mounds, usually in open, grassy settings. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The arm of this patient displayed a number of erythematous pustular lesions that had been caused by the bites of fire ants, Solenopsis saevissima . (cdc.gov)
  • Ants are small insects but one of the most prolific species on the planet, with over 20 quadrillion individuals alive at any time. (sterifab.com)
  • In particular, there are two main types of ants that are able to inject venom into their victims: Fire ants (U.S.A) and Jack Jumper ants (Australia). (healthcentre.org.uk)
  • There may be over 15,000 species of ants in the world, but almost all share a basic shape and coloring that makes them easy to identify. (sterifab.com)
  • Insecticidal dusts are often used in wall voids because liquid insecticides soak into wood and may not spread throughout wall voids so ants will track the dust back to the colony. (unl.edu)
  • A queen ant is responsible for laying all the eggs that will eventually become workers, soldiers, and other members of the colony. (theantvault.com)
  • A colony with a queen ant will live much longer than one without. (theantvault.com)
  • With a queen, you can expect your colony to be sustainable and live in your ant farm for 4-6 years! (theantvault.com)
  • This means that you can start your ant colony with minimal investment and still keep them healthy and happy. (theantvault.com)
  • They are a beautiful and unique addition to any ant colony, and they are sure to provide you with hours of entertainment as you watch them explore and build their tunnels and chambers. (theantvault.com)
  • Avoid any strong-smelling perfume, cologne, hair oil, hair spray or lotions because insects may be attracted by the smell. (nationaljewish.org)
  • Set out a food source for ants to gather at so you can spray and kill many at once. (sterifab.com)
  • This water-based treatment for ants and other crawling insects is supplied in a handy, ready-to-use trigger spray pack. (lawnuk.com)
  • Nests of the Atta genus are characterized by ants of different sizes corresponding to castes of workers, soldiers, reproductives, and "guards. (britannica.com)
  • The cultivated fungi are found only in leafcutter nests, where they provide food for the ants in the form of the fungal strands themselves and as protein-containing bodies called gondylidia. (britannica.com)
  • Steer clear of bee or wasp nests and ant hills. (healthcentre.org.uk)
  • Insects refer to the members of the class Insecta, the largest class of the phylum Arthropoda. (scifaqs.com)
  • To summarize, ants are insects. (scifaqs.com)
  • This volume is the first attempt in more than half a century to summarize knowledge of this rich insect fauna, and the first work ever to provide a field guide for beginning students, and the nonspecialist reader. (ucpress.edu)
  • citation needed] The ant is about 3 mm (or about 1/8 inches) long, thus smaller than the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. (wikipedia.org)
  • This provides a much richer and more rewarding experience than just keeping worker ants. (theantvault.com)
  • When you keep worker ants, you're missing out on a lot of the social interaction that makes ant keeping so fascinating. (theantvault.com)
  • In order to understand how social insect behavior evolved, researchers have investigated the clonal raider ant of Asia. (azpest.com)
  • In a paper published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, researchers show for the first time that a social insect can form a drug dependency-a finding that they believe can help us better understand how addiction affects human communities. (pestcontrolsolutionsla.com)
  • Fire ants use their mouth pincers to hold onto the skin while they use their stinger to inject venom up to eight times. (healthcentre.org.uk)
  • Because of the minute stature of ants, they only release a very small amount of venom into their victim, which is relative to their size. (healthcentre.org.uk)
  • In 2014, it was discovered that the ant produces and covers itself with formic acid as an antidote to the fire ant's venom. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is the first known example of an insect being able to neutralize another insect's venom, an ability speculated to have evolved in South America where the two species share the same native range. (wikipedia.org)
  • When attacked, these ants, like other formicine ants, can bite (but not sting) and excrete formic acid through a hairy circle or acidopore on the end of the abdomen, using it as a venom, which causes a minute pain that quickly fades. (wikipedia.org)
  • Uniquely, the tawny ant also uses formic acid as an antidote against the venom alkaloids of the fire ant (known as solenopsins). (wikipedia.org)
  • The venom alkaloids of fire ants have been demonstrated to be strongly paralytic against competitor species, thus the tawny crazy ant may have developed a resistance by acid-immobilisation of the venom toxins. (wikipedia.org)
  • After exposure to fire ant venom, N. fulva retreats, covers itself with formic acid and returns to the fight. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is the first known example of an insect detoxifying another insect's venom, and the first discovery of an ionic liquid in nature which results from mixing of formic acid with venom from S. invicta. (wikipedia.org)
  • Fire ant venom is a mixture of toxic alkaloids and proteins that presumably enable the alkaloids to enter rival ants' cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • The researchers who discovered the antidote property of formic acid in crazy ants speculate that the formic acid denatures the proteins in fire ant venom. (wikipedia.org)
  • A sting from a fire ant delivers a harmful substance, called venom, into your skin. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Fire ant venom contains a chemical called piperidine. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Some people are allergic to fire ant venom. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Venom sac and stinger of a fire ant. (medscape.com)
  • Fire ant venom differs from bee and wasp venom, which are mostly proteinaceous solutions. (medscape.com)
  • About 95% of fire ant venom is water-insoluble, is nonproteinaceous, and contains dialkylpiperidine hemolytic factors. (medscape.com)
  • The health effects of stinging or biting insects or scorpions range from mild discomfort or pain to a lethal reaction for those workers allergic to the insect's venom. (cdc.gov)
  • That same year, Ant-Man and Wasp banded together with Iron Man , Thor , and the Hulk to defend the Earth as the superhero mega-team the Avengers. (nerdist.com)
  • How long after an insect or wasp sting can an allergic reaction or anaphylaxis occur? (nationaljewish.org)
  • In some, however, a single sting from wasp, bee or specific type of ant can cause an anaphylactic reaction. (healthcentre.org.uk)
  • A red velvet ant is not actually an ant but a species of ground-dwelling wasp known for its bright red and black coloration. (terrariumstation.com)
  • Despite their common name, they are not ants at all but rather a species of wasp. (terrariumstation.com)
  • A red velvet ant is not an ant but a flightless wasp with a fuzzy, bright red appearance. (terrariumstation.com)
  • The red velvet ant is a fascinating and unique creature that is often mistaken for an ant but is actually a species of wasp. (terrariumstation.com)
  • The amount of vegetation cut from tropical forests by the Atta ants alone has been estimated at 12-17 percent of all leaf production. (britannica.com)
  • What color of clothing is better to prevent getting stung by bees or other insects? (nationaljewish.org)
  • Thousands of people are stung by insects each year, and as many as 90-100 people in the United States die as a result of allergic reactions. (cdc.gov)
  • however, these insects can carry serious diseases including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (rxlist.com)
  • While it's generally not harmful for rabbits to eat bugs, it's essential to be cautious as some insects carry diseases or have self-defense mechanisms. (guideforpets.com)
  • past month , did anyone treat your lawn or yard with chemical products to kill insects, weeds, or plant diseases? (cdc.gov)
  • Symptoms of an impending allergic reaction to an insect bite or sting can include immediate burning pain, raised swelling at the point of the sting, rash, respiratory difficulty, dizziness, decrease in blood pressure, nausea, sweating. (healthcentre.org.uk)
  • Monarch butterflies have achieved fame in the insect world for having one of the longest migrations of any insect. (earthlife.net)
  • Now that we've proven we can addict ants and that the neurochemical pathways are similar to mammals, what's most exciting to me is the next step," says Marc Seid, a neuroscientist at the University of Scranton and the study's senior author. (pestcontrolsolutionsla.com)
  • While there are a few exceptions, most adult insects grow to have two pairs of wings. (scifaqs.com)
  • Dragonflies are at the top of the food chain in the insect world, both as a nymph and an adult. (earthlife.net)
  • For each insect, distinguishing features of its appearance, features of its biology, and its geographical distribution in California are summarized: and an illustration (photograph or drawing) is given of the adult or some other stage. (ucpress.edu)
  • This is because the queen is laying eggs, which hatch into larvae and then into adult ants. (theantvault.com)
  • Tawny crazy ants were found to displace other ant species in their native Argentina and later the US, including the red imported fire ant. (wikipedia.org)
  • when the gland ducts were blocked with nail polish in an experiment, crazy ants had only a 48% chance of surviving fights with fire ants. (wikipedia.org)
  • Fire ants are red-colored insects. (medlineplus.gov)
  • DO NOT use it to treat or manage an actual fire ant sting. (medlineplus.gov)
  • People who are not allergic to fire ants should be fine in a few hours to a few days. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Fire ants are resistant to control efforts and can overwhelm an environment. (medscape.com)
  • Red imported fire ant worker. (medscape.com)
  • Reproduced with permission from B.M. Drees, Texas Imported Fire Ant Project Coordinator, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. (medscape.com)
  • Fire ant mound in lawn. (medscape.com)
  • Fire ants are thought to have arrived in the United States between 1918 and the 1930s from South America by ships that docked in Mobile, Alabama. (medscape.com)
  • One contributing factor to this expansion is progressive urbanization in the United States, which creates the type of disturbed habitat that the fire ants prefer. (medscape.com)
  • Each year, fire ants sting more than one half of the population in endemic areas of the Southeast. (medscape.com)
  • However, fire ants are becoming an increasingly important public health concern in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • More than 80 fatalities have been reported from fire ant-induced anaphylaxis. (medscape.com)
  • The fire ant uses its mandibles to grasp its victim. (medscape.com)
  • Dursban ®is used to control fire ants, ornamental plant insects, stored-product insects, and turf- and wood-destroying insects. (cdc.gov)
  • In the southern United States, particularly in the Gulf region, fire ants sting up to 40% of the people who live in infested areas each year, causing at least 30 deaths. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The fire ant sting usually causes immediate pain and a red, swollen area, which disappears within 45 minutes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The convenient sprayer hose and cap assembly makes it easy to treat indoors: in cracks and crevices, along baseboards, under sinks, behind stoves and refrigerators and anywhere insects may hide and outdoors: outside surfaces of screens, doors and window frames, porches, patios, buildings or wherever insects may enter. (spectracide.com)
  • They allow ants to move at fast speeds and climb most surfaces. (scifaqs.com)
  • The tawny crazy ant or Rasberry crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva, is an ant originating in South America. (wikipedia.org)
  • N. fulva has been a pest in rural and urban areas of Colombia, and South America, where it displaced all other ant species. (wikipedia.org)
  • The insect is a native to South America, and was introduced to the United States through the importation of agricultural products. (cdc.gov)
  • It's important to note that while some insects may be harmless to rabbits, others can be harmful or even deadly. (guideforpets.com)
  • It's essential to ensure that any insects your rabbit consumes are safe and not harmful to their health. (guideforpets.com)
  • Direct sunlight is also extremely harmful for the ants. (ant-farms.com)
  • You can try and catch your own ants although it is best to use the ordered ones since they tend to tunnel better and survive longer. (ant-farms.com)
  • Without a queen, your ant farm will not survive for very long, and will slowly die out. (theantvault.com)
  • An allergic reaction may occur immediately or within four hours of an insect sting. (nationaljewish.org)
  • A severe allergic reaction, called anaphylaxis, often begins within minutes of the insect sting, but occasionally may begin an hour or so later. (nationaljewish.org)
  • In general, the best way to avoid an allergic reaction to an insect bit or sting is to simply avoid situations in which you might come into contact with them. (healthcentre.org.uk)
  • They allow ants to navigate, find food and communicate. (scifaqs.com)
  • Do you think your model of visual navigation (biologically inspired or engineered) can navigate this world as well as the humble ant? (dlr.de)
  • Bugs in our area are a fact of life, making insect control for Spartanburg, SC residents a necessity. (arrowexterminators.com)
  • If you suspect you have a problem, contact Arrow Exterminators insect control services to eradicate those bugs. (arrowexterminators.com)
  • Get the peace of mind that comes with year-round Arrow Exterminators cockroach control, ant control and more in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (arrowexterminators.com)
  • Is It Time for Carpenter Ant Control? (modernpest.com)
  • Unlike the ants in the water-only control group, by day five, the ants in the morphine group had returned to their now-sugarless bowl, seemingly to lap up the drug. (pestcontrolsolutionsla.com)
  • To see how deep their potential addiction went, the researchers gave both junkie ants and a new group of untrained control ants two options: a sugar-only bowl or a morphine-only bowl. (pestcontrolsolutionsla.com)
  • Sixty-five percent of addict ants went for the morphine bowl, while most control ants chose sugar. (pestcontrolsolutionsla.com)
  • Compared to the control ants, the morphine addicts had significantly higher levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with the brain's reward and pleasure centers. (pestcontrolsolutionsla.com)
  • Chlorpyrifos is a broad spectrum organophosphate insecticide/acaricide which is used to control a variety of insects. (cdc.gov)
  • The Vision Group at the Department of Biology in Lund studies how insects control their progress. (lu.se)
  • Mandibles, which ants use to process food, are also found on the head. (scifaqs.com)
  • Their body shape is similar to that of common ants with large mandibles, elbowed antennae and wings. (modernpest.com)
  • These ants will not overwhelm you as the queen produces eggs slowly, just enough for you to enjoy the experience of a long-term ant farm! (theantvault.com)
  • Ants have tough exoskeletons along with the strength to carry 50 times their own body weight. (thoughtcatalog.com)
  • In an effort to answer this question, researchers have recently conducted an experiment on ants , and the results were quite telling. (azpest.com)
  • I've got this press release that will be of interest to many: An international team including researchers at the university of Edinburgh and Antoine Wystrach of the Research Centre on Animal Cognition (CNRS/Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier) has shown that ants can get their bearings whatever the orientation of their body. (scienceblogs.com)
  • On Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) researchers proved that Paratrechina longicornis was farming the scale insects and that there was significant defoliation of the upper forest canopy as a result. (pestnet.org)
  • Now, in a bid to understand more about substance abuse and how it affects people neurochemically, researchers are turning to some unlikely addicts: Ants. (pestcontrolsolutionsla.com)
  • First, researchers had to determine if ants could indeed form addictions to drugs. (pestcontrolsolutionsla.com)
  • To provide an answer, they compiled data from 489 studies that measured ant densities in different parts of the world using standardised methods. (newscientist.com)
  • In fact, they're known to be the most numerous and successful insects in the world. (scifaqs.com)
  • Every day, as a matter of routine, ants around the world do something that humans find extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible: They carry out elaborate, coordinated activities, such as finding food and caring for offspring, without any single ant being in charge. (asknature.org)
  • Getting started with a queen ant - the perfect choice for anyone who is interested in getting into the fascinating world of ant keeping! (theantvault.com)
  • With its intense red velvet-colored body and painful sting, this insect has evolved over time to become a master survivor in the natural world. (terrariumstation.com)
  • Whether you're a lover of insects or just interested in the diverse world of the animal kingdom, the red velvet ant is a captivating creature that deserves attention and admiration. (terrariumstation.com)