ant colonies

Listing 1 - 10 from 25 for ant colonies

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 ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

Noteworthy Pests of 2003
... of a large increase in ant populations moving into our yards and gardens. To make things even worse, in some areas, whatever was left undestroyed by the ant colonies the grasshoppers certainly took ... males and females. The winged adults have the capability to start new or join existing colonies. Ants hibernate during the winter. Control Measures Keeping lawns and gardens moist will deter the ...
gardenline.usask.ca

Elko County Rose Garden
... Springs Epicenter, Elko County, Nv Columbia River Basin & Great Basin Divide, Elko County, Nv Red Ant Colonies of Crane Springs Canyon, Elko County, Nv Mound Valley, Elko County, Nv Smith Creek School ...
www.elkorose.com

Questions On Ants
... nursery stock you bring home should be inspected carefully to be sure that no red ant colonies are developing. Count yourself lucky if you never have been stung by these aggressive predators ... the soil or mound. Insecticidal mound drenches with common insecticides usually are effective against fire ant colonies. The mound is flooded with a large volume of liquid containing a contact insecticide, such ...
www.ext.nodak.edu

Monomorium floricola
... of arboreal ant colonies. Biological control -- Parasites Many external and internal insect and mite parasites of ants live in ant nests. These usually stunt development in the ant. Some wasps ... worker ants (Wheeler 1910). Biological control -- Predators The major predators of ant species are often other ant species (Holldobbler & Wilson 1990). Interspecific competition occurs for ants sharing the ...
www.extento.hawaii.edu

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 ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

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/ ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

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 ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

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. ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

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 ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu