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size?
small, 1/16 inch
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color = Body varies from _
light to dark brown
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antenna # segmented
club yes? no?
- antenna 12 segmented
- no club
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thorax has spines, yes? no?
no, thorax lacks spines
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profile =
unevenly rounded
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pedicel # segmented
1
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Gaster with _ , _
- anal opening slitlike
- lacking circle of hairs
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Stinger is _ , but _
- absent
- can bite on provocation
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Workers emit a _ when crushed
stale greasy or musty odor
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Colonies are located in _ near a _
Colonies are located in moist situations near a food source
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Their numbers fluctuate seasonally with a large build-up starting in the _
Their numbers fluctuate seasonally with a large build-up starting in the early spring
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In SEASON?, there is a huge die-off of workers and colonies sometimes join together to
form massive overwintering supercolonies, which then break up into smaller colonies that disperse the following spring.
autumn
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In autumn, there is a _ and colonies sometimes join together to
form massive overwintering supercolonies, which then break up into smaller colonies that disperse the following spring.
a huge die off of workers
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In autumn, there is a huge die-off of workers and colonies sometimes join together to
form _ , which then break up into smaller colonies that disperse the following spring.
massive overwintering supercolonies
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In autumn, there is a huge die-off of workers and colonies sometimes join together to
form massive overwintering supercolonies, which then _ that disperse the following spring.
break up into smaller colonies
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In autumn, there is a huge die-off of workers and colonies sometimes join together to
form massive overwintering supercolonies, which then break up into smaller colonies that disperse the following SEASON?
spring
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_ are rarely seen because mating takes place _ .
- winged female reproductives
- inside the nest
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Sometimes _ will swarm to other nests for mating
winged males
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_ are very aggressive and usually eliminate other ant species and some other insects from the area
worers
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ants from _ Argentine ant colonies are friendly and do not fight.
different, but related,
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ants from different, but related, Argentine ant colonies are _
friendly and do not fight
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Indoors, these ants usually nest _
near a moisture source
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_ follow regular trails when foraging, and winged queens can sometimes be found among trailing workers
workers
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workers follow _ when foraging, and winged queens can sometimes be found among trailing workers
regular trails
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workers follow regular trails when foraging, and _ can sometimes be found among trailing workers
winged queens
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Workers commonly tend _
honeydew-producing insects
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preferred foods are _ such as honeydew, but they increase their intake of
protein foods such as prey during the spring and summer.
sucrose containing sweets
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preferred foods are sucrose-containing sweets such as _ ,but they increase their intake of
protein foods such as prey during the spring and summer.
honeydew
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preferred foods are sucrose-containing sweets such as honeydew, but they increase their intake of
_ such as prey during the spring and summer.
protein
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preferred foods are sucrose-containing sweets such as honeydew, but they increase their intake of
protein foods such as prey during the SEASON?.
spring and summer
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Outdoors, ants typically live in _ about 8" (20 cm) deep that are located in
moist situations such as under boards and stones, beneath plants, along sidewalks, etc
shallow nests
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Their habit of _ affords them the
opportunity to transport the causative disease organisms for dysentery, etc.
crawling over everything including refuse, sewage, sputum, carrion, etc.
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Their habit of crawling over everything including refuse, sewage, sputum, carrion, etc. affords them the
opportunity to transport the _
causative disease organisms for dysentery, etc.
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will invade buildings in large numbers when conditions outside are _
either too wet or too dry for them to live.
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a decrease in their _ sends them indoors seeking _
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control = pull back _ from around foundation walls and the edges of concrete sidewalks and
driveways because these ants will trail below the grassline where they are not visible.
the grass from around foundation walls
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control = pull back the grass from around foundation walls and the edges of _ and
_ because these ants will trail below the grassline where they are not visible.
edges of concrete sidewalks and driveways
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control = pull back the grass from around foundation walls and the edges of concrete sidewalks and
driveways because these ants will _ where they are not visible.
trail below the grassline
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control = pull back the grass from around foundation walls and the edges of concrete sidewalks and
driveways because these ants will trail below the grassline where they are not _
visible
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indoors, check any _ present because these are a favorite nesting site
potted plants
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