Ants
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Help! Asian Needle Ant Invasion
It's gotten everyone in our family and recently just got my daught 4 times yesterday. They are extremely painful and you feel waves of pain for hours. And just ONE OF THEM is capable of doing that. These bastards need to die, and I'm hoping you can help or point me in the direction of a community that can.
Any ideas?
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(Added Short Summary) [Plants added to ctrl invasive Black Crazy Ants(Dark Horde)] I Added Carnivorous Pitcher Plants into My Giant Rainforest Vivarium [32:21 | Feb 05 2024 | AntsCanada]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11649542
> >Short Summary > >1. Introduction of a rainforest vivarium called Pandora, designed to study a wild ecosystem. > >2. Introduction of carnivorous pitcher plants to control an invasive black crazy ant supercolony causing problems in Pandora. > >3. Discovery that the pitcher plants are attracting and successfully catching ants with nectar. > >4. Observation of black crazy ants invading the territory of a previously introduced giant trap-jaw ant queen. > >5. Ants release an alarm pheromone to call for reinforcements against a jumping spider, ending with the spider escaping. > >6. Narrator observes ants attracted to pitcher plants, some managing to escape after falling in. > >7. Speculation that nectar may have intoxicating effects on ants, with plans to check the effectiveness of the pitcher plants later. > >8. Growth and development of baby guppies in the pond, with a suggestion to add predators if the population becomes too large. > >9. Observation of various insects and animals at night, including a praying mantis and tree frogs. > >10. Introduction of carpenter ants to make the rainforest more hostile for the Dark Horde, ending with a call for viewers to support the channel.
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Article and Photos - Preventing nest flooding with bamboo sap, Myrmecological News
blog.myrmecologicalnews.org Preventing nest flooding with bamboo sapSome tree-dwelling ants are known to use flood defences to prevent flooding of their nests. In the recent paper “Bamboo sap ejection from the nests of Tetraponera binghami (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) and the role of
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A Nice YT Channel about Ants🐜🐜🐜
Ants Canada on YouTube. Nice terrarium and 4k video of many kinds of ants.
https://www.youtube.com/@AntsCanada/about?app=desktop
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Why do you love ants?
Let's talk about what we love about ants and why they are so interesting to us.