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Study Finds Sweeteners Lead Fire Ants to a Bitter End
By Josh Lancette Researchers from China have discovered that some sweeteners can be lethal to the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), a devastating pest found South America, the United States, Australia, Asia, and on [Read more]
Amazing Insects
Held Without R-ant-som: The Kidnapper Ant That Steals Workers From 20 Other Species
Nearly 500 species of ants are social parasites, raiding the nests of other ant species and kidnapping their young to work in their colonies. A new study shows one such species, Formica aserva, can kidnap ants from at least 20 other ant species—even though some colonies don’t kidnap other ants at all. [Read more]
Research News
For an Understudied Ant Genus, Two Researchers Choose a “Bird Guide” ID Tool
The Rasopone genus of tropical leaf-litter ants gets a thorough taxonomic revision, and the researchers behind the long-term project present their identification manual in a “bird guide” format rather than the traditional dichotomous key. [Read more]
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