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The Problem with Polygyny

Quillette 01 Apr 2025
Men who have lots of babies with lots of different women seem to be having a moment right now ... the death of monogamy ... Ants and bees do—and entire ant and bee colonies may have only a single queen who mates with tens of thousands of males ... And yet it is.
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Aggressive behavior, crossbreeding are helping invasive fire ants march across NC

Gaston Gazette 31 Mar 2025
Michael said several fire ant control measures are available at garden and home improvement shops, with the best strategy one that targets different stages of the ants' and colony's development − ...
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What you need to know about the 3 types of fire ants invading North Carolina

StarNews Online 31 Mar 2025
Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) ... The most common fire ant species, the red invaders are a mix of lots of worker ants and one or several queens per colony ... A fire ant colony, which consists of several nests, can contain up to 500,000 ants.
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Fighting back: Ways to battle a fire ant infestation

StarNews Online 31 Mar 2025
The goal is to have worker ants take the poisoned bait back into the nest and eventually to the queen, the only ant in the colony able to reproduce.If there is a large-scale fire ant infestation or to ...
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Maryland’s spring flowers are vital — and vulnerable | GUEST COMMENTARY

Baltimore Sun 30 Mar 2025
Trillium seeds have external attachments that ants like to eat. The ants take the whole seeds to their colony where they eat the extra pieces and discard the undigested seeds, often underground.
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Ants in your house? Here's how they get everywhere—even high up in tall buildings

Phys Dot Org 30 Mar 2025
Ant colonies do not have leaders ... On the flip side, heavy rains can flood ant nests, prompting colonies to seek drier ground—sometimes leading them straight into our homes.
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From the tiniest to the largest, how the ladies call the shots

Indian Express 29 Mar 2025
It highlights examples ranging from insects like ants and bees, where queens rule colonies, to mammals like meerkats, hyenas, elephants, and orcas, where females hold positions of power and leadership.\r.
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It's fire ant season in Alabama. What to do to prevent them invading your home.

The Gadsden Times 26 Mar 2025
One of the most efficient methods is using bait that attracts ants to carry insecticide back to the colony. This allows the ants to share the bait with the queen and the rest of the colony, gradually wiping them out.
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The simple life beckons in ‘The Colony.’ Enlightenment is not forthcoming

The Los Angeles Times 20 Mar 2025
When Sagne, who was an entomologist before retiring to the woods, compares the group to an ant colony, everyone appears to accept at face value the superficial aptitude of her analogy ... What about ants’ ...
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Ask a Master Gardener: Insecticide alternatives combat chinch bugs

Duluth News Tribune 18 Mar 2025
My lawn care guy is recommending that I have my lawn treated for ants and chinch bugs ... Any insecticide used against ants and chinch bugs will hit other non-target insects, too ... Ants in the lawn are a case in point.
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Spring is a good time for bug therapy | ECOVIEWS

The Gadsden Times 18 Mar 2025
Adults who don’t think some children spend far too much time on their cellphones are probably too engaged with their own cellphones to notice ... Native ant colonies often take up residence. Fire ants, of course, are not welcome.
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Spring Cleaning? Watch Out for Termites and Swarmers!

The Mercury News 18 Mar 2025
Termites are active year-round, but spring is when reproductive termites—known as swarmers—emerge to start new colonies. These winged insects are often mistaken for flying ants, but if you see them ...
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How to get rid of ants in your home

East Bay Times 17 Mar 2025
They can’t help it, that trail of ants crawling up a kitchen cabinet ... These pesticides don’t work immediately; you’ll likely need to continue wiping up scouts and trails inside for a few days until the worker ants have taken the bait to the colony.
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Snoozy Marsupials And Power-Napping Ants: Which Animal Sleeps The Most?

IFL Science 14 Mar 2025
... wake up and move elsewhere.Fire ant workers ... That kind of sleeping pattern sounds positively hellish to a human, but in an ant colony, short and sharp naps appear to serve an important purpose. .
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