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• Ants.
• When children's interest extends to the study of Ants, the responsive classroom teacher can provide a safe, friendly, comfortable environment for children to explore, discover, and investigate. Expressive arts activities relating to the investigation of ants might include drawing and painting, constructing with three-dimensional materials, making sounds and music, emerging writing, and dramatic play.
• If children can observe real ants, outdoors in the play yard, it will be a much more meaningful experience. ... This way the children can observe the ants daily and monitor ant behavior, over time. Check the non-fiction section of the library for reference books with photographs of ants for children to look at.
• Construct ants from pipe cleaners, WikkiStixs, play dough, or other 3-D materials.
• Draw ants as they tunnel up and down.
• Paint ants.
• Sing the children's classic, The Ants Go Marching. ... Use props as you sing such as the pipe cleaner ants or tap the beat with rhythm sticks on a wooden block.
• The Joe Scruggs album, Late Last Night has a song called, Ants in My Pants.
• Ants Can Count (cassette). ...
• Place a play tunnel in the dramatic play area for children to pretend to be ants, carrying things from one place to another.
• Plan an indoor picnic with a blanket, play food, picnic plates, and add plastic ants.
• The Ants Go Marching One by One. ...

• Ants are members of the family of social insects meaning that they live in organized colonies. Ants make up the family of Formicidae of the order Hymenoptera. ...
• In a colony of ants you find wingless, infertile female workers predominate in defense, foraging and brood-tending. ... Some queens, like Atta (Leafcutter Ants) also lay special non-fertilized eggs that are for eating. ... Out of the thousand of winged queens only a few normally stay alive (a lot are eaten by insects, young birds or die of hunger) to build a new colony of ants.
• During their growth stage, the immature ants are fed, cleaned and attended by adult workers. ...
• Most ants build some sort of nest under and above the ground, in trees and houses where they live and bring their food to. ... Fungus-growing ants cut leaves and bring them home to their nest to fertilize the fungus gardens they build. This kind of fungus can only be found with the leafcutter ants. The Harvester Ants frequently visit grass fields to harvest and store the grass seeds. Specialized workers crack the seeds for the other ants to eat. Many ants eat the sweet fluid excreted by aphids. ... Honeypot ants feed certain workers used as living containers with enormous quantities of honeydew. ... The nests of the army and driver ants are built out of the clustered bodies of millions of workers hanging down from a low branch or log. ... In an area where the army or driver ants passed through you will not find any living insect left. ... Some ants are temporary or permanent parasites in colonies of other ant species. After forays against other ants Amazon Ants bring back unconsumed brood to serve as slaves as soon as they have matured.

•       Argentine ants  and  carpenter ants.
•       Honey ants.
•   Ants are one of the few animals that have armies and have battles with others.
•   There are over ten thousand species of ants.
•   Some ants keep aphids and milk them like we keep cows and milk them.
• Like bees, termites and wasps, ants live in large groups. ...
• Some ants in the colony have special jobs. ... A few male ants live in the colony and their job is to mate with the queen to make the eggs. Most of the ants that we see are female ants. They are worker ants and it is their job to collect the food, help the baby ants and to fight enemies.
• Ants are incredibly strong. ...
• Some ants build nests in trees and others build nests under the ground. Their nests can be easily seen because the ants  build a mound that looks like a small volcano. In other places, ants build a nest that looks like a small mound of dry twigs. If the mound is disturbed, thousands of angry little ants can be seen.
• Male ants might live for only a month or two.

• Ants   Formicidae  .
•      Ants have been acclaimed for their wisdom since ancient times. ...
• The caste system of ants is believed to have existed for 30 or 40 million years. ...
•      In North America, there are several species of ants, each of which have a distinct behavior pattern. ...

• The anatomy of ants is very interesing. Use this diagram , that shows the main body parts of ants, and the information below to learn about about the anatomy of ants.
• This enables ants to see movement very well. ...
• The feelers are special organs of smell that help ants communicate. If you have every seen an ant find a food source, it is not long before the ant communicates to his friends and their are many ants there. Ants release pheromones (chemicals that have different smells) to communicate with each other. ...
• Just inside the mouth is a small pocket where ants can store food. They can give this food to other ants in need. ...
• At the end of each leg is a sharp claw that helps ants climb and hang onto things.
• Ants are closely related to wasps and other stinging insects. Many types of ants have stingers and can inflict a very painful sting. This is a useful way to defend against the many predators ants have.
• Inside Ants do not have lungs. ... The blood kind of coats the insides of the ants and is then sucked into the tube and pumped up to the head again. The nervous system of ants consists of a long nerve cord that also runs from head to rear with branches leading to the parts of the body, kind of like a human spinal cord.
• An ant observatory lets you watch and learn about the fascinating world of ants in your own home. ... We have everything you need including an Ant Observatory and Instructional Video about ants. We will also send you the World's best tunneling ants (Western Harvester ants) for your observatory. Use these links to find out more about ants and start your own observatory. ...

• Leafcutter ants (Atta, Acromyrmex) represent the pinnacle of social and technological expression in ants. Not only are they the only animals (other than humans) that cultivate their own food from fresh vegetation, they also use sophisticated antibiotics against fungal pests in their gardens! Learn more by exploring the many notes, images, movies, and other information on leaf cutter ants in this site. ...
• What are leafcutter ants? .
• Why leafcutter ants are interesting .
• Distribution of Leafcutter Ants .
• Keys to Leafcutter Ants .
• Leafcutter ants on display .
• Leafcutter Ants In the Arts .
• Leafcutter ants in books .
• Leafcutter ants in film .

• One of the things that make army ants even more interesting is how much food they require and how they get it. ...
• Army ants belong to one of the subfamilies of ants called the Dorylinae, after the Greek word meaning ‘spear’. ... There are also 100 other species in the ‘Old World’ (Africa, Australia and the Orient) sometimes called ‘Army Ants’ but more usually known as ‘Driver Ants’. ...
• Three incredible things you should know about army ants:.
• For example one species, Eciton burchelli from South America, may have a colony containing over a million ants. ...
• Some ‘Driver Ant’ colonies contain over 20 million individual ants!.
• The workers charge along the surface of the ground or along underground channels (depending on the species) and follow chemical trails laid down by the ants themselves. All the time huge soldier ants with massive jaws watch over the workers and protect them. ... Both species begin raiding at dawn with ants pouring out of the nest/bivouac but use different raiding systems. ...
• The ants produce branching trails by dividing into small foraging groups, forming a tree like pattern (See Fig 1). Each trail has a two way stream of ants running along it, some ants are advancing whilst some are returning with prey. The ants may travel over 350m from the bivouac in a raid, though it depends on the type of terrain and the condition of the colony. They often invade the nests of other social insects (but not other army ants!!) and steal their brood. ...
• Driver ants have been known to kill and dismember chickens, goats and even pigs if the animals have been injured or unable to escape the marauding ants! .
• Due to their large colony size and carnivorous habits army ants must migrate in order to find enough food. The ants form only temporary nests and after raiding the whole colony emigrates to a new nest site unless it is in a ‘statary’ condition (the larvae in the colony are entering a pupal stage by spinning their cocoons and the enormous queen is laying eggs). ...

• All About Ants.
• Here's a "tempting way" for children to observe ants and their habitats.
• Objective: Children will engage in a study about ants to develop science skills. ...
• Engage children in a discussion about ants. On chart paper, write the heading What do we think ants eat? Ask children to think about the different types of foods ants might like to eat. ... Will ants be attracted to sweet foods or sour foods? Record children's responses. ...
• Explain to children that you would like them to be scientists and find out what types of foods ants will eat and what types of foods they will not eat. ...
• Plan a visit outdoors after lunch or nap time to see if the ants have come. Provide children with magnifying glasses for a closer look at the ants. If the ants did not come, wait until the next morning to continue the study. ...
• Assist the children in photographing the food items, including any of the items that did not attract ants. Encourage children to discuss what they notice about the ants as they observe them through the magnifying glasses. What color are the ants? How do they move? What do their body parts look like? .
• What foods did the ants eat? What foods did they not eat? What did they learn about ants? Create a wall exhibit to document the process of the children's ant study. ...
• Art/Writing: Egg Carton Ants. Ask children to think about how many body segments and how many legs ants have. ... Invite children to use the materials to create ants. Follow up the activity with dictated stories from children about the ants they studied. Include the children's ants and stories with the wall exhibit.

• When the class shrinks and travels through an anthill, she finds ants doing different tasks. ... By the end of the field trip, the kids discover that ants communicate and work together to help one another live. All the ants are stars!.
• What's the best way to get to know ants better? The Magic School Bus kids try working with the ants. They watch the ants and figure out what they're doing. Your kids can observe ants doing some tasks by making them a temporary indoor home.
• What do you think the ants will need to do in their indoor home? .
• Scoop up part of an anthill and put the soil and ants in the jar. Make sure these are not fire ants or other ants that can hurt you. ...
• Put black construction paper around the jar to give the ants a dark environment. ...
• Ask kids: What do you think the ants will do with this sugar water-soaked cotton? .
• Ask kids: What do you think the ants will do with this food? Put the cover back on the jar. ...
• Remove the black paper each day so small groups of kids can observe the ants. ...
• Keep the ant home for a week, then return the ants to where you got them. ...
• Observe ants outside. Kids can place pieces of honey-soaked bread nearby and see how the ants react. ...

• The "Argentine Ants".
•   Why Argentine Ants Invade Houses In Southern California?.
•   How Are Argentine Ants Like The "Borg" In Star Trek?.
•   Will Argentine Ants Try To Assimilate You And Your Home.
• The first Argentine ants set foot on U. ... A single colony may contain 10,000 female workers, and there may be hundreds of colonies around your home; the total number of ants could easily reach a million. ... But, in the world of insects, these ants are truly a living terror. They are very aggressive and readily overtake other ant species, even ants that are much larger and with powerful stings. Argentine ants are relentless and simply outnumber their adversaries until the enemy colony is destroyed. ... A "killer bee" nest probably could not withstand an invasion of Argentine ants. ...
• It repels ants and is delicious on toast.
• This may erase the scent trail and cause the ants to become confused and discouraged.
• Remember: These ants can even get into screw-top jars without seals. ...
• The WAYNE'S WORD staff has documented the aggressiveness of these little ants at Palomar College on several occasions:.
• Argentine ants may not have any effect on subterranean termites deeply entrenched in the ground at the base of a foundation. ...

• Books About Ants.
• Ants For Beginners.
• Ultimate Guide to Ants.
• Fire Ants.
• Army Ants .
• Leaf Cutter Ants.
• Carpenter Ants.
• FIRE ANTS.
• These ants directly affect people, animals, and plants (crops). Furthermore, the ants cause indirect problems through their effects on the industrial and commercial infrastructure and the ecosystem. ...
• Fire ants are originally from South America, where dozens of fire ant species exist. There have been two introductions of fire ants which have led to current problems. ...
• prior to the importation of the black and red imported fire ants. ... Secondly, the presence of many species of fire ants in both South and Central America and many islands means that they could reinvade the United States. ...
• Over the last 76 years, imported fire ants have spread to infest over nine southern states and over 275 million acres within the United States. ... As they spread, the number of mound s, each containing several hundred thousand stinging ants, reach densities of up to 1,000/acre. ... Although fire ants are sometimes life threatening, they are generally a nuisance pest, but with the ability to sting. ...

• Izaac typed this report about ants all by himself.
• Ants are insects.   Ants have three body parts - a head, thorax and abdomen. ... Ants are very strong. ... The workers feed the baby ants and the queen. ...   Ants live in a colony.   Ants squirt acid. ...   The soldier ants guard the nest. ...    Ants rub feelers to talk. ...
• We used Kidpix to label diagrams of ants. ...
• Selina wrote this report about ants.

• While the drier conditions of the Southwest limit the ants' progress, the recent drought has in many ways increased human and fire ant encounters.
• Although there have been numerous incidental observations of fire ants attacking and killing wildlife, limited research has been done regarding the IFAs impact on wildlife populations. It has been documented that these ants are attracted to moisture in the eyes, nose and mouth of young mammals and in the hatching eggs of ground nesting birds and reptiles. ...
• Fire ants are one of the most studied species of insects in the world and with good reason. ... The success of their invasion is largely due to the aggressiveness and adaptability of the species which allows it to out-compete our native ants and the widespread use of non-selective aerial pesticides (until they were discontinued in 1977) which allowed the IFA to expand its range even faster. When we level the playing field with broad spectrum pesticides our native ants are easily out-competed by the IFA.
• These tiny flies use the ants as hosts for egg laying and in the process harrass the ants, reducing their foraging ability. ...

• Getting Rid of Ants .
• Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Health, Medical & Dental > Getting Rid of Ants .
• I think it has gone beyond the ''the ants are coming inside to get out of the rain'' to ''the ants live in the walls and sometimes come out for a snack''. ... My questions are: (1) does anyone have a recommendation of a good exterminator who will understand my perhaps conflicting wants to poison the ants but not my child, cat or the groundwater, and who might honestly give me an assessment of the extent of the problem and (2) has anyone had a major ants-in-the-woodwork problem such as this and fixed it via ant stakes or some other home remedy (besides baby powder)? Thanks! Jennifer during the rainy season 2 years ago, i had an ant infestation in which the ants just kept coming and coming and coming. i tried various solutions, but found the most useful was to put multiple (5 or 6) grant ant stakes out near the spot of ingress (if I could find it, or the place I saw the ants on their endless march. ... In my bedroom, where i could not see where the ants came from, I put 4 each near the wall bordering the garden, in my closet and under my bed where I had seen them, and where the stakes were not visible or easily accessible to little ones. ... Richard knows about the habits of ants and is considerate about the hazards of spraying where there are small children. ... Each nest has many thousands of ants, as you know if they are invading your home! Suzanne Dec 2002 .
• We have had ants in out kitchen for 2 weeks now and just when they seem to be going away, they come back with a vengeance. ... My past experience is that ants will come inside when the soil gets wet outside but they seem to disappear in a few days. ...
• Does anyone have any recommendations for getting rid of ants in the crawl space underneath the house? I've read the tips on the parents. ... Just let the ants swarm it overnight and they will be almost gone by morning and really gone within a couple of days. ... We get ants each year and I sprinkle the area/block the area where they come in. The ants can't walk through the powder and it is non-toxic. ...
• We have had ants in out kitchen for 2 weeks now and just when they seem to be going away, they come back with a vengeance. ... My past experience is that ants will come inside when the soil gets wet outside but they seem to disappear in a few days. ... Any help is welcome! Elizabeth Does anyone have any recommendations for getting rid of ants in the crawl space underneath the house? I've read the tips on the parents. ... Just let the ants swarm it overnight and they will be almost gone by morning and really gone within a couple of days. ... We get ants each year and I sprinkle the area/block the area where they come in. The ants can't walk through the powder and it is non-toxic. ... Grants also makes stakes with Borax, but it takes so long to poison the ants that they repopulate before the colony is killed. ...

• Or may the greedy ants be looking for gold?.
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• Ants .
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• There are thousands of different sorts of ants. Ants are insects.
• On their heads ants have long waving antennae. ...
• Ants leave a smell trail wherever they go so they can find their way home when they go looking for food. ...
• She's bigger than all the other ants and she's in charge of the colony. ...
• When a worker ant finds food, it goes back to the nest leaving a smell trail which other ants use as a path to the food source. ...
• Why do we need ants?.
• Ants are good for the soil as they add air to it. Many plants rely on ants to spread their seeds. ...

• Several species of small to medium-sized ants are occasional pests in and around the home. One of these is named the acrobat ant because of the way the worker ants carry their abdomens above the rest of the body as if they were performing a balancing act.
• Acrobat ants are slightly longer than 1/8th inch. ...
• Acrobat ants may nest both outdoors and indoors. ... The small worker ants readily enter buildings through cracks around windows and doors and other openings. ... Acrobat ants feed on a variety of foods, including other insects and sweets.
• When acrobat ants nest indoors they are usually inside wood or cavities kept moist with water from leaks. ...
• Like all ants, the acrobat ants may produce winged, reproductive individuals (males and females) called swarmers. ...
• Acrobat ants entering from outdoors can be managed by sealing the exterior cracks through which they enter, using a residual insecticide barrier along the foundation (diazinon or Dursban, according to label directions), or by treating the ant nest if the location can be detected through careful inspection and observation. ...

• The Ants Go Marching .
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• Ants In and Around the Home.
• Ants rank number one in inquiries at our Ohio State University Extension Entomology office over all other household/structural pests. ... Some ants are so small and similar in appearance when viewed by the naked eye, that it takes trained specialists to tell the difference between species. ...
• There are several kinds of ants that may occur in and around the home ranging in size from about 1/32 to 3/4 inch long and colored yellowish, light brown, reddish-brown, brownish-black or jet black. Ants, as all insects, have three body parts, head, thorax, and abdomen. Most are wingless, but the homeowner sometimes may confuse swarming, winged ants with swarming, winged termites, causing alarm. Ants can be easily distinguished from termites by several characteristics: .
• Ants have elbowed antennae, while termites have straight, bead-like antennae. ...
• The forewings of ants are much larger than the hindwings. ...
• Ants are social insects that live in colonies or nests usually located in the soil near the house foundation, under concrete slabs, in crawlspaces, in structural wood, in the yard or garden, in trees and in other protected places. Ants have three castes, namely queens, males and workers. ... New ant colonies are started by a single fertilized queen that lays eggs and tends her brood (larvae and pupae) that develop into worker ants. ...
• These ants are the largest found in Ohio and rank number one in inquiries over all other ants. ...
• These ants are often mistaken for winged termites since the winged adults swarm through cracks in basement walls or floors, crawl around and are attracted to lights. ...
• These ants are capable of mechanically transmitting diseases, Staphylecoccus and Psuedomonas infections in hospitals. ...
• These ants are prevalent around kitchen sinks and in the cupboards, feeding on grease, oils, cheese, meat, dead insects, etc. ... Workers are very small ants, about 1/32 to 1/20 inch long, smooth, shiny, yellowish to bronze colored with two nodes in the petiole, a 10- segmented antennae with a two segmented club, thorax without spines and small eyes on the head. It nests in the soil or wood, robs the food and brood of other ants, hollows out seeds for the oil content and may feed on dead rodents. ...

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• Ants.
• Ants.
• Everything you would ever want to know about ants! This is a pest control site but it has lots of information on ants in general. ...
• Basic fact sheet with information about ants. ...
• Site has descriptions of ants and their lives, illustrated with pictures. ...
• Ants .
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• Basic facts about ants. ...
• Ants, Ants, and More Ants .
• This resource will fulfill any ant need there is, providing ants, supplies, projects, and a FAQs to read through. ...
• Ants: Insecta Inspecta World .
• Here you will learn all about the antics of Argentine ants, army ants, red fire ants, and leaf cutter ants. ...
• Ants - MSN Encarta .
• Behavior of Real Ants .
• Find facts and diagrams showing how ants travel from their nests to food sources. ...

• Wanderers on the Sand--the Velvet Ants.
• Ants forage continuously, an occasional hapless individual stepping over the edge of an ant-lion larva's pit trap. ...
• The velvet ants too, are also members of this group of sand-inhabiting insects, and may be noticed as they walk busily over the sand surface. Although appearing superficially like true ants, closer scrutiny shows them to be more "compact" in appearance and to possess a fine coating of hair over the body (Fig. ... The common name is given because of the resemblance to ants and the velvet-like covering of hair.
• Velvet ants are actually wingless wasps of the family Mutillidae. ... Although its major function may not be a defensive one, an acknowledgment of the sting's effectiveness as a weapon is apparent in another common name for the velvet ants: The "cow killers. ...
• Velvet ants seen walking on the sand are all females. ... In this hunting activity, velvet ants give the impression of extreme persistence as they walk over the sand, investigating every surface irregularity and constantly tapping objects with their antennae.
• A cocoon for the mutillid pupa is constructed within the shell of the now consumed host and a new generation of velvet ants emerges as adults during the same summer season or spends the winter underground in pupal or prepupal stages. ...
• Searching activity decreases in the middle of the day, when the velvet ants take refuge from the high surface temperatures by burrowing under debris or climbing onto plants. ...
• Identification of velvet ants has been troublesome because of the great differences between males and females and because of variation in size of adults within single species: size of the adult apparently depends upon size of the host species used. Velvet ants are fascinating insects by virtue of their life activities and the many questions about them which remain unanswered. ...

• ANTS.
• There are thousands of species of ants found all over the world and in just about every type of land environment. ... The science of studying ants is called myrmecology. ...
• Ants are common social insects. They always live in colonies (a colony is a group of related ants); some colonies have millions of ants in them. ...
• Workers - Workers are the many sterile (non-reproducing), wingless female worker ants who are the daughters of the queen. ... Most of the ants in a colony are workers. ...
• Males - Males are small ants that have wings. ...
• Ants exhibit complex behavior; some ants build intricate nests, some are fierce warriors, some collect and store seeds (harvester ants), some capture slaves, and some farm fungi (leaf-cutter ants). ...
• Anatomy: Ants, like all insects, have jointed legs, three body parts (the head, thorax and abdomen), a pair of antennae, and a hard exoskeleton. ... Ants range in color from yellow to brown to red to black. ...
• Some ants have a stinger and some can even inject poisonous acid from the stinger (the stinger is at the tip of the abdomen, the rear body segment). Ants can also bite using their jaws (mandibles). Ants range in size from about 0. ...
• Fertilized eggs produce female ants (queens, workers, or soldiers); unfertilized eggs produce male ants. The worm-like larvae have no eyes and no legs; they eat food regurgitated by adult ants. ...

•    ANTS, ANTS, ANTS, I LOVE ANTS! How I got my ant farm! Ant Farm Village--See my ant farm! Make your own ant farm! About Ants Ant Links and Ant Books   Rachel and her ant farm For my fourth birthday I got an ant farm. ...   We tried to get ants from our backyard but it was too hard to get them plus we needed big ants and we only found little ants. ...   We waited a long time to get the ants because my birthday is in July and it is very hot in July.   They couldn't mail the ants while it was still so hot or they would die.   Finally on September 21 we got a special envelope in the mail and the ants were in it. ...
• Can you see the tunnels the ants built? .
• Uncle Milton will send you the ants and for a small fee you can even join the ANT FARM CLUB and get an official membership card, a magnifying glass an ant fun book and some other stuff. ...
• *You can put dirt into the jar, then put the ants in it. ...
• *Put a little damp sponge into the jar so that the ants can drink water. ...
•   Too much food is not good for ants. Try to see what ants are eating before you put them in the jar. ...
• *Keep the ants away from too much sunlight. ...
• **MOST IMPORTANT--Never, never mix ants from different colonies.   Pick your ants from the same colony. ...
• Top of page About Ants   .
• Ants work hard like miniature bulldozers. ...

• This unit, designed to supplement the teaching of Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, consists of four Internet activities in which the students explore the following:.
• This K-3 unit is designed to be used as a language arts supplement for Two Bad Ants. ...
• Two Bad Ants .
• Optional resources: classroom collection of books about insects, especially ones including ants .
• After reading Two Bad Ants, students visit author Chris Van Allsburg's Home Page to learn biographical information about him, from titles, table of contents and chapter headings. ...
• In their journals, students draw an ant with correctly labeled body parts to show their understanding of a reference book on ants.
• While visiting the University of Kentucky Web Site, students search for the recipe, "Ants-on-a-Log. ...
• For a culminating activity, have the students prepare and eat the Ants-on-a-Log recipe found on the Universit y of Kentucky Web Site.

• Controlling Fire Ants in Urban Areas.
• At present, the ants have spread into all areas except the mountainous regions in the northeastern corner of the state. Fire ants disperse naturally, however much of their movement into new locations is assisted by humans. In nature, the ants disperse through mating flights, mass movement of colonies over short distances, or by floating to new locations in flood water. ...
• The most significant problem associated with fire ants is their stinging behavior. The ants are very aggressive and will readily attack anything that disturbs their mound. When a mound is disturbed, large numbers of worker ants come to the mound surface to defend the colony. An unsuspecting victim can be rapidly covered with ants. The ants anchor themselves with their mouthparts and then sting repeatedly. ...
• Fire ant colonies consist of the brood (eggs, larvae and pupae) and adult ants. The various types (caste) of adult ants include winged males, winged females, one or more egg producing queens, and workers. Within a colony the worker ants vary a great deal in size but they are all sterile, wingless females. ...
• The queen provides nourishment to this first group of larvae, but later on she lays up to 200 eggs per day and the care of the eggs and larvae is taken over by worker ants. ...
• Temporary control of fire ants can be achieved with the use of chemicals, however they must be periodically reapplied for as long as control is desired. ... Furthermore, it is common for the new population levels to be larger than the population prior to the initial treatment! Because of this, the decision to treat fire ants must be accompanied by a long term commitment to continue periodic treatments. ...
• One must decide when fire ants become intolerable and how much to invest in control efforts. These decisions are influenced by potential health risk due to the presence of fire ants and by the environmental impact of chemical applications. ...

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