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Ants
Ants are small social insects that live in colonies with queens. Varieties of ants include Carpenter, Leaf Cutter, Army, and Fire Ants, among others.
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No, bees use their mouth, or proboscis, to suck up the nectar.
What is the exposition of the story ant and grasshopper?
The ant and his family work hard and steadily to provide food and shelter for their family. The grasshopper played all day with his family and did not do the work to prepare for hard times.
What happens when a common black ant bites you?
You will probably get numb and you will need to put some ice on it if that doesnt work than you will need to go to the doctor.
Yes, Borax kills some weeds but no, Borax does not kill all weeds. The control in question numbers among its ingredients boron, which is a necessary soil and soil food web nutrient, in controlled quantities. Overexposure to boron therefore will be toxic to such weeds as ground ivy (Glecoma hederacea).
What are the duties of the worker ant in the hive?
Find food, dig earth, search for other insects live in the ground (red ants suck as fire ants).
An ant is a weird thing that is so small it is edible and can be poisinous
Are there fire ants in the state of New Jersey?
Yes. I live in Jackson, NJ and have fireants in my yard.
What is the only continent on which ants are not found?
Austrailia, northern Russia, Northern Canada, and the Arctic Circle. Basically anywhere that doen't have greenery!haha
No! Clean them with soap and water. If they're open put an antibacterial on them and calamine if they're itchy. But it's best to not pop them.
How did the guard ant recognize this ants were not from its group?
every ant has a smell with that smell the guard will understand
What do ants eat and where do they live?
Im pretty sure they eat food scraps and just about everything. They live in ant holes. ~B.E.S (:
Is an ant a chordate or mollusk?
An ant is not a mollusk. An ant is an insect. The two are quite different. Ants have six legs and are divided into segments. They have two compound eyes. They breathe by spiracles.
Ants steal other ants so that they will work for the conquering colony. young ants are like children and rather helpless and happy provided they are fed. the young ants get use to the smell of the new colony and believe this to be the norm.
In short the young ants dont know that they were not born into the colony they are now with so act as if they were born there and work like other native ants in that colony.
Yes, they belong to the Family Formicidae, which is in the order Hymenoptera. Now you can finish your homework.
Do ants have queens or something else?
They have queens. The queen mates once during her lifetime and reproduce thousands of young every single day until she dies or something kills her, than another female ant take her place. The queen ant is usually bigger than the other ants.
Can corn starch attract ants silverfish or roaches or weevils?
It will do nothing but provide a food source for some species.
What insect looks like a large ant and has wings and a small stinger?
That is a Great Black Wasp.
See description at WikiAnswers link below.
Will caterpillars eat all types of leaves?
Caterpillars can eat picked leaves but they must be exactly the kind of leaf on which they would naturally feed. If you try to feed them the wrong kinds of leaf they will not eat them and will starve.
There is a difference between boric acid and borax, which is the laundry additive. Boric acid is usually found at drugstores or pharmacies, and borax (the most common brand name sold is 20 Mule Team) is found in grocery stores.
I've provided a link to an article that explains how to make a borax ant trap...in case you have no luck finding boric acid.
I actually have this problem every year.
I recently came across a website that said boric acid powder helps kill them for good. So I gave it a shot since the boric detergent cost me only $3 from target and raid cost me $4, but raid only temporarily solves the problem.
"First, pick up some Boric acid powder (available at most drug stores) and mix a small amount of it 50:50 with table sugar. There's nothing particularly scientific about this ratio, so it's fine to just eyeball it. Next, put some of this mix into a small container such as the the cap from a milk jug or the lid from a 2 liter bottle. Finally, drizzle some water into it to make a slurry (i.e., a thick suspension). That's it - you're now ready to kill some ants.
Once your concoction is ready, simply set the mix in the path of the oncoming ants (they usually form a foraging trail) and then wait. At this point it's important to be patient and not kill any of the ants yourself. The reason for this is that you want them to take your tasty treat back to the nest with them. Boric acid is toxic to ants, but it doesn't work immediately. As such, you need to let them forage and then take it back home to share with their nestmates - this will ultimately wipe out the entire colony."
Source:http://thebestofanswers.com/home-garden/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-safely-and-without-an-exterminator
In general they use the jaws like most other ants, as general-purpose pincers for holding and carrying, and for crushing, piercing, chopping, or cutting etcetera. However, I assume that what you want to know is how the large workers of the Leafcutter ants use their main large jaws (the mandibles) when they are cutting leaves.
They have serrated (edged with teeth like a saw) mandibles that open wide, then close over the edge of a leaf, overlapping like shears so that they can slice through the leaf. After each bite they move deeper in, still using their forelegs and their smaller jaws (the maxillae) to hold onto the piece of leaf that they are cutting out. Then they bite again, slice-slice-slice, like someone cutting cloth with scissors, working in a circle till they get back to the start, so that the piece they have cut out comes free. Then the ant holds the piece of leaf in in its jaws so that it covers its own head and back like an umbrella. It carries it back to the nest where other, smaller workers with different jaws can chew the piece of leaf till it is suitable for food for growing the fungi that all the members of the ant-colony eat. It is possible that the umbrella-style carrying simply is convenient and efficient, but it also might help to keep off the deadly Phorid flies that lay their eggs on the ants' necks so that their larvae can feed on the big worker-ants' brains. But there also are really tiny workers that sit on the big worker ants' heads and ride shotgun to keep off the flies. The tiny workers use their jaws like any other ant that wants to attack another insect. It is not a good idea to assume that most insects use their jaws in just one way, any more than we humans use ours in just one way. Think about that next time you kiss someone.
Do birds eat dead insects or alive insects?
I don't own a lizard, but from my experiences with carnivorous pets and my research, I would feed him alive insects. Mainly crickets, moths, and meal worms. I'm not too sure if he'd eat dead ones... :)
