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Ants
... . The most common method is for male and female reproductives to leave the nest on mating flights. The mated queen constructs a cavity or cell and rears a brood unaided by workers. The small first brood workers then forage for food. The colony ...
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Ant Trails: A Key to Management with Baits
... home. On the way back to the nest, she lays down an odor trail. Once back in the nest, this scout ant then alerts her nestmates of the food find, which encourages them to leave the nest. These recruited ants will follow the ...
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Yellowjacket Wasp & Hornet Control
... the stingers. The worker wasps expand the nest and hunt other insects to feed the developing larva and queen. The workers are known to steal small bits of meat from picnic tables. In the fall the queen will leave the nest and search out an over wintering site, typically a crack in tree bark. The worker wasps also leave the nest, but they ...
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The Lumpfish
... blue, olive, brown, or gray, with the males more vividly colored than the females. Also, the males turn red during breeding season. Adult ... leaving their care and protection to the male. The male lumpfish will stand guard over the eggs until they hatch, protecting them from ... eat during this time, nor will he leave the nest except to scare off an intruder. When the larvae hatch they will be about 1 ...
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar
... in a mass on the twigs. They hatch in the spring about the time wild cherry leafs out. The young larvae begin to make their nest in the crotch of a tree. The larvae leave the nest to feed on newly expanding leaves to return when not feeding. As the larvae grow they expand the nest. When the larvae ...
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Bats (Fish and Wildlife)
... the wall just below the region where the bats are entering and leaving the building. Note all of the bats’ exit-entrance points as well as the ... the summer, do it in mid-August or later. DO NOT attempt to exclude bats between late April and mid-August, as the young are unable to leave the nest ... hole, plug the hole as soon as the last bat leaves the roost (hence the reason for counting the bats). If ...
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Ornate Box Turtle
... the nest. The eggs will hatch in a couple of months. Some females will lay a second clutch later in the year. These may not leave the nest until the following year. A baby box turtle is about the size of a quarter. For a short time after hatching, the shell is slightly ...
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Blue tit nest box - The completed bird box
... the time to observe them, it's a project that's definitely worth the effort. Try to get the nest box in place as early as possible in the New Year. If you leave it too late it may not be occupied the ...
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Feed the Birds - Bird food, bird feeders and bird table suggestions
... the spread of diseases. If you're lucky, nest boxes may be used in the spring. Birds prefer gardens that are not too tidy. So try and leave ... the wildlife gardening and wild flowers pages for more suggestions | | Also the nest box page and sparrow terrace page for bird box plans and the ...
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The One and Only Gardens Ablaze Blog
... he is called a "brancher". Branchers are too big to fit in the nest anymore, but are still too young to fly on their own, so ... Works every time. Unfortunately, I have to go out for the day and I leave my daughter at the house. She leaves both dogs out, and when I return ... from other big birds. The nest in my yard was maybe 25 feet off the ground, which is low for a barred owl nest. You won't see ...
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