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The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), also known as the long-legged ant or Maldive ant, is a species of ant, thought to be native to West Africa or Asia. They have been accidentally introduced to numerous places in the world's tropics.
The threat of extinction is largely attributed to introductions of invasive species, including a predatory wolf snake and the yellow crazy ant which were unintentionally brought to the island in the 1980s. [4] The Christmas Island blue-tailed skink is now extinct in the wild.
The Yellow Crazy Ant's supercolonies reminds me about the news reports about the one in spain and the reasoning how it could be possible. Report about super ant colony in spain from BCC news Super ant colony ant in spain (google search An example from the BBC article: The supercolonies possibly form because the ants are related and so excrete the same feromones and thus can form huge colonies.
The invasive yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) has had a dramatic impact on the biodiversity of Christmas Island. It has severely reduced and nearly eliminated the red land crabs and increased the presence of the stinging tree (Dendrocnide peltata) in the canopy. [4]
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The yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes, an invasive introduction, disrupts the habitat in a number of ways, but most notably through their elimination of populations of the island's keystone species the red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) resulting in significant changes to forest composition. In addition, the ants mutually-beneficial ...
Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) Aromia bungii (red-necked longhorn) Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly) Blattella germanica (German cockroach) Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) Bugula neritina (brown bryozoan) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode) Cavelerius saccharivorus (oriental chinch bug)
The yellow crazy ant is currently quarantined to Christmas Island where it has had a significant environmental impact. [43] The primary impact is the killing and displacing of crabs on the forest floor.