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  2. Ants of medical importance - Wikipedia

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    Driver ants. Driver ants, from the genus Dorylus, are found in the Old World, especially West Africa and the Congo Basin. Unlike the army ants of the New World, Old World army ants have a functional sting but rarely use it, preferring their razor-sharp, falcate mandibles for defense instead. Dorylus spp. colonies also reach larger sizes than ...

  3. Ant - Wikipedia

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    The female worker ants do not have wings and reproductive females lose their wings after their mating flights in order to begin their colonies. Therefore, unlike their wasp ancestors, most ants travel by walking. Some species are capable of leaping.

  4. Carebara diversa - Wikipedia

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    Carebara species have permanent nests, while real army ants have only temporary nests (Dorylus) or form a bivouac with their own bodies (Eciton). Colonies of real army ants have only one queen, so when she dies, the workers may try to join another colony, or the rest of the colony also dies; Carebara colonies can have many (up to 16) queens.

  5. 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.

  6. Are the ants marching into your Kansas City home? Here ... - AOL

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    Ants want to shelter from the pounding raindrops, but their underground colonies can get flooded. They also can be swept away in the downpour, since ants, like most insects, can float.

  7. Black garden ant - Wikipedia

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    Black garden ant with the mandibles of an unindentified creature.. The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, which is found across Europe and in some parts of North America, South America, Asia and Australasia.

  8. Myrmicinae - Wikipedia

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    Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; [1] their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and in soil, rotting wood, under stones, or in trees. [2]

  9. Cheerios and Fire Ants Have More in Common Than You Think - AOL

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    Scientists found that 10 or more fire ants can stick together to build a life-saving raft in floods.. Fewer than 10 ants can’t form a stable raft because the “Cheerios effect” of fluid ...