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2. These Homeowners Didn't Know They Had an Ant Problem ... - AOL

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   Here's how you can prevent that from happening: Regularly clean your gutters and trim trees and bushes. Put mulch below the foundation line and apply metal mesh, such as copper or steel wool ...

3. Ant-keeping - Wikipedia

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   Ant keepers may choose to keep ants in captivity to document ant behavior (in the case of an ant species which is difficult to observe in the wild). This field of study is called myrmecology. Ant keepers may also choose to keep ants as a casual hobby; i.e., as pets. People who keep ants may also keep them for scientific purposes and experiments.

4. Trail pheromone - Wikipedia

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   Ants can produce a trail of defensive secretions that trigger an alarm response within their nestmates. [7] In regards to foraging, an ant can communicate the quality of a food source to its colony; the more rewarding a food source is, the higher the concentration of the trail produced. [ 8 ]

5. Myrmecophyte - Wikipedia

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   The soldier ants are extremely aggressive, patrolling the trees twenty-four hours a day. Any disturbance to the tree alerts ants, who then recruit more workers from inside the horn domatia. These ants defend the Acacia by biting, violently stinging, and pruning any trespassers. The ants keep the plant free from other insects, vertebrate ...

6. Yes, Ants Actually Farm Their Food - AOL

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   Most organisms forage, hunt, or use photosynthesis to get food, but around 50 million years ago — long before humans were around — ants began cultivating and growing their own food.

7. Weaver ant - Wikipedia

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   Weaver ants or green ants are eusocial insects of the Hymenoptera family Formicidae belonging to the tribe Oecophyllini. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal ) and are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk . [ 3 ]