- The
banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus), also
known as the
sugar ant, is a
species of
ant native to Australia. A
member of the
genus Camponotus in...
-
Solenopsis invicta, the fire
ant, or red
imported fire
ant (RIFA), is a
species of
ant native to
South America. A
member of the
genus Solenopsis in the...
- The
tawny crazy ant or
Rasberry crazy ant,
Nylanderia fulva, is an
ant originating in
South America. Like the
longhorn crazy ant (Paratrechina longicornis)...
- of said
insect types. Literally,
myrmecophagy means "
ant-eating" (Ancient Gr****: murmēx, "
ants" and phagein, "to eat")
rather than "termite eating" (for...
-
Formic acid (from
Latin formica '
ant'),
systematically named methanoic acid, is the
simplest carboxylic acid, and has the
chemical formula HCOOH and structure...
-
worker caste for
which they have been
commonly termed "white
ants"; however, they are not
ants, to
which they are
distantly related.
About 2,972
extant species...
-
straight into
their mouth. Some
ant species even look
after the
honeydew producers from
natural predators. In
areas where the
ant inhabited the same ecosystem...
- food
sharing was key to
ant society and he used an
illustration of it as the
frontispiece for his book The
Social World of the
Ants Compared with that of...
- The red
imported fire
ant (Solenopsis invicta), or
simply RIFA, is one of over 280
species in the
widespread genus Solenopsis. It is
native to
South America...
- such as
cattle, sheep,
goats and horses, are
known as
ranchers (U.S.),
graziers (Australia & UK) or
simply stockmen. Sheep, goat and
cattle farmers might...
