Question: I live in Vail. These ants are stripping my trees and bushes of their leaves. I’ve tried the ant baits, granular and sprays that I can buy, but they just keep coming back. So far they ...

Leaf-cutters were earliest agriculturalists in the world, ... humans, termites and bark beetles," Fisher said, "and we humans only learned how to do it about 10,000 years ago.

Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Produces Diverse Enzymes for the Degradation of Recalcitrant Plant Polymers in Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology , 2013; 79 (12 ...

First, two lilies disappeared from the garden. Then, a crape myrtle tree was stripped overnight. Tina Ramirez's house in the Harper's Landing neighborhood of The Woodlands was under attack. Every ...

As the beetle lays eggs, the bacteria are deposited onto the egg surfaces; ... Leaf-cutter ants also carry symbiotic bacteria in exoskeleton pockets, ...

In leaf-cutter ants, this coating is made of thousands of tiny, plate-like crystals that harden their exoskeleton. This “armor” helps prevent the insects from losing limbs in battles with ...

First, two lilies disappeared from the garden. Then, a crape myrtle tree was stripped overnight. Tina Ramirez's house in the Harper's Landing neighborhood of The Woodlands was under attack. Every ...