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A single, thriving ant colony can house up to 500,000 individuals.
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Flying ants have a pinched, small waist; whereas termites have a thick waist. The antennas on flying ants are elbowed, meaning they come out to the side and then they bend upwards. Termite ...
The damage they do results both from the direct injury they cause to the plants and from the indirect consequences of the fungal, bacterial or viral infections they transmit. Plants have their own defences against these attacks but these may be overwhelmed, especially in habitats where the plants are already stressed, or where the pests have ...
Carpenter ants can damage wood used in the construction of buildings. They can leave behind a sawdust -like material called frass that provides clues to their nesting location. Carpenter ant galleries are smooth and very different from termite -damaged areas, which have mud packed into the hollowed-out areas.
The pavement ant is dark brown to blackish, and 2.5–4 millimeters (0.10–0.16 in) long. A colony is composed of workers, alates, and a queen. Workers do have a small stinger, which can cause mild discomfort in humans but is essentially harmless. Alates, or new queen ants and drones, have wings, and are at least twice as large as the workers ...
Truthfully, it was a blessing in disguise that these biting, wood-loving ants fell on Andrew and his wife that night: Had they not been there, the colony could've easily done a lot of damage to ...
Commensal myrmecophilous phorids most often live in waste piles, consuming food discarded by the ants. Parasitoid phorids typically attack foraging ants, using a species-specific strategy to land on a host and inject eggs within seconds using a sharp ovipositor. Some myrmecophilous phorids are kleptoparasites.