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2. Leafcutter ant - Wikipedia

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   Nevertheless, leafcutter ants have many adaptive mechanisms to recognize and control infections by Escovopsis and other micro-organisms. [25] The most common known behaviors rely on workers reducing the number of fungal spores by grooming, or removing an infected piece of the fungus garden and throwing it away at the waste dump (described as ...

3. List of ants of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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   Tapinoma melanocephalum Ghost Ant (tropical species found in greenhouses in Hennepin and Ramsey counties) T. sessile; Formicinae. Acanthomyops clavige; A. interjectus;

4. Pest control - Wikipedia

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   Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities or environment. [1] The human response depends on the importance of the damage done and will range from tolerance, through deterrence and management, to attempts to completely eradicate the ...

5. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne (and other arthropod-bourne) diseases such as malaria, Lyme disease, dengue fever, bubonic plague, river blindness, and West Nile fever. Pest animals commonly serving as vectors for disease include insects such as flea, fly, and mosquito; and ticks (arachnids). [citation ...

6. Tapinoma sessile - Wikipedia

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   Tapinoma sessile is a species of small ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant, sugar ant, stink ant, and coconut ant. [1] Their colonies are polydomous (consisting of multiple nests) and polygynous (containing multiple reproducing queens ).

7. List of invasive species in North America - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...

8. Pest (organism) - Wikipedia

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   Forest integrated pest management therefore aims to use a combination of prevention, cultural control measures, and direct control (such as pesticide use). Cultural measures include choosing appropriate species, keeping competing vegetation under control, ensuring a suitable stocking density, and minimizing injury and stress to trees.

9. Tetramorium immigrans - Wikipedia

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   Diagram of the pavement ant. (a = queen; b = queen after loss of wings; c = male, d = worker, e = larva; g = pupa; f = head of larva more highly magnified) Tetramorium immigrans —also known as the immigrant pavement ant , pavement ant , [ note 1 ] and the sugar ant in parts of North America [ 1 ] [ note 2 ] —is an ant native to Europe ...