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Are ants helpful or harmful

Updated: 4/28/2022
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9y ago

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Ants can be helpful or harmful, depending on the circumstances. They can be helpful by aerating the soil, eating potentially dangerous pest species, and eating dead organisms that might otherwise lie around. They can be harmful by ruining food or by biting.

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12y ago

Black ants are helpful, but red ants are poisonous.

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3y ago

they are harmful in some ways but helpful in others

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3y ago

well fire ants are helpful in some ways even though they sting like they reduce fleas

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