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White-footed Ants
... crazy ant is a bit larger than the white-footed ant, moves faster, has more hair, and has a slight fruity odor when crushed. The White-footed Ant Life Cycle White-footed ant colonies can become quite large. Nearly half of the entire white-footed ant colony are fertile, reproductive females called ...
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Ants
... and caring for the new colony. Some of the most difficult ant species to control spread colonies by budding. Pharaoh ants ( Figure 3 ), some kinds of fire ants ( ... colonies by budding. CREDITS: James Castner, University of Florida Figure 3. Pharaoh ant. CREDITS: James Castner, University of Florida Figure 4. Imported fire ant. CREDITS: James Castner, University of Florida Figure 5. Ghost ant ...
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Ant Trails: A Key to Management with Baits
... survey locates areas where ant activity is concentrated, so that baits are put out in areas of greatest ant activity. Monitoring will find small isolated colonies that otherwise might be overlooked ... : James Castner, University of Florida Figure 3. Florida carpenter ant. In carpenter ant control, probably more so than with most other ant problems, the pretreatment inspection survey is the single most ...
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Subterranean Termites
... subterranean termite. Biology Subterranean termites are social insects that live in colonies consisting of many individuals. The colonies are composed of workers, soldiers and reproductives ( Figure 2 ). ... subterranean termite. CREDITS: University of Florida Figure 5. Subterranean termite (top) and winged ant (bottom) reproductive. Termites have thick waists, straight antennae, and wings of equal ...
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Caribbean Crazy Ant (proposed common name), Paratrechina pubens Forel (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae)
... colonies have several hundred thousand individuals and appear to be polydomous (nesting in several locations) and polygamous (multiple queens). CREDITS: F. J. Santana, Sarasota County Figure 4. Caribbean crazy ant ... with fresh bait. Always follow label directions. Selected References Anonymous (undated). Crazy ant (Paratrechina longicornis). What's Bugging You in Arizona. http://ag.arizona.edu/ ...
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Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
... California and Arizona (Trager 1984). CREDITS: Kathryn A. Barbara, University of Florida Figure 1. Crazy ant, Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille), distribution in Florida, as of June, 2000. Description The antennae of ... legged worker is capable of extremely rapid movement. Life Cycle Colonies of crazy ants are moderate to very populous. The colonies may raise sexuals at any time of the year in ...
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Florida Carpenter Ant, Bull Ant, Tortugas Carpenter Ant, Camponotus floridanus (Buckley) and Camponotus tortuganus (Emery) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Subfamily ormicinae: Tribe Camponotini)
... can lead to fighting among neighboring colonies. CREDITS: John Warner, University of Florida Figure 6. Florida carpenter ant, Camponotus floridanus (Buckley), dealate queen tending ... Florida carpenter ant, Camponatus floridanus (Buckley). CREDITS: Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, University of Florida Figure 8. Florida carpenter ant workers, Camponatus floridanus (Buckley), from neighboring colonies fighting. ...
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Pharaoh Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
... 1992). Part of the success and persistence of this ant undoubtably relates to the budding or splitting habits of the colonies. Numerous daughter colonies are produced from the mother colony when a queen ... Importance The Pharaoh ant is a major indoor pest in the United States. The ant has the ability to survive most conventional household pest control treatments and to establish colonies throughout a ...
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