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  2. Red harvester ant - Wikipedia

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    Pogonomyrmex barbatus is a species of harvester ant from the genus Pogonomyrmex.Its common names include red ant and red harvester ant. [1] These large (5– to 7-mm) ants prefer arid chaparral habitats and are native to the Southwestern United States. [2]

  3. Formica rufa - Wikipedia

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    Formica rufa, also known as the red wood ant, southern wood ant, or horse ant, is a boreal member of the Formica rufa group of ants, and is the type species for that group, being described already by Linnaeus. [2]

  4. Fire ant - Wikipedia

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    Fire ant queens may live up to seven years and can produce up to 1,600 eggs per day, and colonies will have as many as 250,000 workers. [12] [18] The estimated potential life span is around 5 years and 10 months to 6 years and 9 months. [19] Young, virgin fire ant queens have wings (as do male fire ants), but they often cut them off after mating.

  5. ‘We knew this day would come’: One of world’s most invasive ...

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    The red fire ant, one of the world’s most invasive species, has been found in Europe for the first time, according to a new study published Monday. ‘We knew this day would come’: One of ...

  6. Ant - Wikipedia

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    Ants vary in colour; most ants are yellow to red or brown to black, but a few species are green and some tropical species have a metallic lustre. More than 13,800 species are currently known [37] (with upper estimates of the potential existence of about 22,000; see the article List of ant genera), with the greatest diversity in the tropics ...

  7. Invasive stinging red fire ants love the cool Texas weather ...

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    In Texas, these pesky insects come out during the fall as things cool down.

  8. Myrmica rubra - Wikipedia

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    Myrmica rubra, also known as the common red ant or the European fire ant, [1] is a species of ant of the genus Myrmica. It is found across Europe and is now invasive in some parts of North America [2] and Asia. [1] It is mainly red in colour, with slightly darker pigmentation on the head. These ants live under stones and fallen trees, and in soil.

  9. 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.