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  2. Here's How to Get Rid of Ants in Your Home and Yard for Good

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    How far ants will travel for food depends on the species, but it’s generally within about 25 feet of the nest. The colony is almost always found outside, so look around to identify where they ...

  3. How To Get Rid Of Ants In Your House Once And For All - AOL

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    · Carpenter ants vary in size from ¼ to 1/2 inch; they do not eat wood like termites, but they will excavate damp wood in your house to create galleries where they nest. Another type of ant you ...

  4. Dealing with pests in your yard: Starlings, sparrows, and ...

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    As soon as you notice ants (hopefully before the bluebird does) simply lift the nest up higher in the box with a putty knife and scrape out the ants. I often take the entire nest out of the box ...

  5. Pharaoh ant - Wikipedia

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    Pharaoh ant colonies appear to prefer familiar nests to novel nests while budding. This suggests the ability for colonies to remember certain qualities of their living space. However, if the novel (unfamiliar) nest is of superior quality, the colony may initially move toward the familiar, but will eventually select the unfamiliar.

  6. Fungus-growing ants - Wikipedia

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    Ants of 1.6 mm (0.063 in) appear to be the smallest workers that cut vegetation, but they cannot cut very hard or thick leaves. Most foragers have heads around 2.0–2.2 mm (0.079–0.087 in) wide. [2] Attines, particularly the workers that cut leaves and grass, have large mandibles powered by strong muscles.

  7. Ant-keeping - Wikipedia

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    A formicarium, which is a housing for an ant colony. Note the talcum powder/rubbing alcohol lubricant mixture applied around the top perimeter of the enclosure, to prevent ants from escaping. Ant-keeping (or ant keeping) is a hobby involving the capture, care, and observation of ants and ant colonies. [1] It is a form of lay myrmecology. The ...

  8. Monomorium - Wikipedia

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    Most ants of this genus nest in rotting wood, under rocks, or in the soil. [2] Some species are scavengers, while others are seed collectors. [8] Many species have venom containing alkaloids, which they use as a defense from predators. [9] Besides its morphological variation, the genus is also variable in chromosome number, with 2n of 16 to 70 ...

  9. Formica obscuripes - Wikipedia

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    The condition of the thatched mound is in a constant state of change due to activities by the ants and changes in the environment. [3] To prevent plants from shading the nest, the ants may chew off the bark at the base of plants growing on or nearby the mound. Formic acid is then sprayed into the open layer eventually killing and felling the ...

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