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    The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) is an ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil...
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    An ant colony is a population of ants, typically from a single species, capable of maintaining their complete lifecycle. Ant colonies are eusocial, communal...
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    an ant species forming supercolonies across continents is the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). The also highly invasive red imported fire ant (Solenopsis...
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    Argentine ant, immigrant pavement ant, yellow crazy ant, banded sugar ant, pharaoh ant, red wood ant, black carpenter ant, odorous house ant, red imported...
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    megacephala), the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), and the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the yellow crazy ant is a "tramp ant", a species that easily...
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    The pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis) is a small (2 mm) yellow or light brown, almost transparent ant notorious for being a major indoor nuisance pest...
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  • Rhytidoponera, Pseudomyrmex, and Hypoponera). The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile is found in Argentina, Southern Europe, Southern US and California. They...
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    Solenopsis invicta, the fire ant, or red imported fire ant (RIFA), is a species of ant native to South America. A member of the genus Solenopsis in the...
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    increased nitrogen deposition. This project studies and tracks the Argentine ants, an invasive species. A station near the lake monitors bats at night...
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    sessile is a species of small ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant, sugar ant, stink ant, and coconut ant. Their colonies are polydomous...
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    In computer science and operations research, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems...
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    Fire ants are several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis, which includes over 200 species. Solenopsis are stinging ants, and most of their common...
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  • Thumbnail for Prenolepis imparis
    Prenolepis imparis, commonly known as the winter ant, false honey ant, or false honeypot ant, is a species of ant in the genus Prenolepis. The species is found...
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  • be actively replicating within the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) species. The Argentine ant is extremely invasive across the globe, invading...
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    The banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus), also known as the sugar ant, is a species of ant native to Australia. A member of the genus Camponotus in...
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    species of harvester ant from the genus Pogonomyrmex. Its common names include red ant and red harvester ant. These large (5– to 7-mm) ants prefer arid chaparral...
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    soil beneath stones, logs, stumps, and debris. The Asian needle ant and the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) have been battling for territory in the U...
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    Africa, the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) has invaded and displaced native species of ants. Unlike the native ant species, Argentine ants do not collect...
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    hairless horizontal slit. Linepithema humile, Argentine ant * Tapinoma erraticum, erratic ant – A small black ant found in southern Britain nesting in heathland...
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  • these were translated by Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright. "The Argentine Ant" and "The Cloud of Smog" (as "Smog") do not appear in this book, but...
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    ecosystems. For instance, the Argentine ant is an aggressive invader capable of displacing native ant populations. Since Argentine ants do not disperse seeds...
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    The Cloven Viscount 1952 1962 Archibald Colquhoun La formica argentina The Argentine Ant 1952 1957 Archibald Colquhoun Fiabe italiane Italian Fables Italian...
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    Dolichoderinae (category Ant subfamilies)
    subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily...
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    JL, et al. (1989). "The Self-Organizing Exploratory Pattern of the Argentine Ant". Journal of Insect Behavior. 3 (2): 159–168. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.382.9846...
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  • after a fire. Argentine ants, a recent invader, do not disperse even small seeds. Christian tested whether the invasion of the Argentine ant differentially...
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    eradication of wasps, and is being recommended for control of the invasive Argentine ant. Fipronil is also the active ingredient in many commercial tick and...
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    invasive Argentine ant. 1996, Gordon published her most cited article, "Exploitation and interference competition between the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema...
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  • leafhopper) Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug) Pheidole megacephala (coastal brown ant) Phylacteophaga froggatti...
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    research areas included control methods or the cotton boll weevil, Argentine ant, and American foul brood in honeybees. During his career, he published...
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    Linepithema humile, better known as the invasive Argentine ant. Wild, Alexander L. (2007). Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)...
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