"If you're going to have a super colony that's working as a single unit ... honey to the rest of the hive. The Australian weaver ant is mostly orange with a green abdomen (O.

Weaver ants (Oecophylla species ... Ant bridge-building represents a fascinating resource allocation problem for the colony. Ants that form part of the bridge cannot engage in foraging, defense, or ...

Weaver ants (Oecophylla species ... Ant bridge-building represents a fascinating resource allocation problem for the colony. Ants that form part of the bridge cannot engage in foraging, defense, or ...

Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase gave us a huge look at both The Outer Worlds 2 and Grounded 2 from Obsidian. Here's an ...

It may seem strange that an ant colony is hard to find, but ants in the genus Tyrannomyrmex don’t exactly advertise themselves. Not only do the insects live in small colonies of about 30 ...

pathogen-combating ants are typically already present—such as weaver ants in mango orchards. If the species already dwell there, this could increase their numbers and efficiency. The technique ...

Conversely, Jensen said farmers can simply leave sugar-water solutions, cat food, or chicken bones, among any number of kitchen scraps, in fruit orchards where beneficial, pathogen-combating ants are ...

Their presence doesn't always indicate an indoor infestation, but it can suggest a nearby mature ant colony. Loretta Kennedy, a Cape Coral resident, shared her experience saying, "When I went to ...

A tiny minority can influence a much larger group. Fire ants do this too. They show how a small subset of workers can reshape an entire colony’s structure. Haolin Zeng, a postdoctoral researcher at ...

How should I get rid of ants? Usually you don't need to bother. Where their activity has loosened plants, firm the plants back into the soil and water well. Good watering tends to discourage ants, as ...