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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.
The most famous species in the genus Monomorium is the highly invasive pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis. It is a parasitic ant that has no worker caste. The queen enters the colony of a different species and, probably by employing a pheromone, she forces the host workers to kill their queen. She then uses these workers as slaves to bring up ...
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 ...
Two ants fighting over a dead wasp. Wars or conflicts can break out between different groups in some ant species for a variety of reasons. These violent confrontations typically involve entire colonies, sometimes allied with each other, and can end in a stalemate, the complete destruction of one of the belligerents, the migration of one of the groups, or, in some cases, the establishment of ...
Lasius neglectus occupies 'super colonies', systems of interconnected nests with many queens, estimated to be over 35,500 in some colonies. [4] The queens, instead of moving to a new nest to start a new colony, will mate within the existing colony. [5] Unlike most ant species, queens mate underground and are incapable of flight.
Polyergus rufescens is a species of slave-making ant native to southern Europe and parts of Asia, commonly referred to as the European Amazon ant or as the slave-making ant. It is an obligatory social parasite , unable to feed itself or look after the colony and reliant on ants of another species to undertake these tasks.
· 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 ...
Groups of ants, or the yellow ant with her recruits, may attack and kill bigger enemies like spiders, caterpillars, and antlions. Natural hazards include human footsteps, electrical outlets, bug spray, spiders, antlions , lawnmowers , and rain , which washes away pheromone trails and can flood the bottom of ant nests.