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About NUMBER species of ants occur in the United States and Canada. Of these, only about NUMBER species commonly infest homes.
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By about YEAR, pest ants replaced _ as being the most important or most difficult to control of the structural pests;
the availability of highly effective _ for _ made this possible.
2000
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Antennae _ (workers and queens; males sometimes straight) with last 1-4 segments usually enlarged, forming a club
elbowed
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Antennae elbowed (workers and queens; males sometimes SHAPE) with last 1-4 segments usually enlarged, forming a club
straight
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Antennae elbowed (workers and queens; males sometimes straight) with last NUMBER-NUMBER segments usually enlarged, forming a club
1-4
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Antennae elbowed (workers and queens; males sometimes straight) with last 1-4 segments usually CONDITION, forming a club
enlarged
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Antennae elbowed (workers and queens; males sometimes straight) with last 1-4 segments usually enlarged, forming a _
club
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Abdomen connected to _ by 1 or 2 slender abdominal segments called nodes which form the pedicel (ant’s waist)
thorax
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Abdomen connected to thorax by 1 or 2 slender abdominal segments called _ which form the pedicel (ant’s waist)
nodes
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Abdomen connected to thorax by 1 or 2 slender abdominal segments called nodes which form the _ (ant’s waist)
pedicel
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Abdomen connected to thorax by 1 or 2 slender abdominal segments called nodes which form the pedicel (_ _)
ant's waist
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enlarged rear portion of abdomen is the _
gaster
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in ants, what is commonly referred to as the _ actually includes the
fused 1st abdominal segment (= epinotum/propodeum) and is correctly called the mseosoma or alitrunk.
thorax
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in ants, what is commonly referred to as the thorax actually includes the
fused 1st abdominal segment (= epinotum / _ ) and is correctly called the mseosoma or alitrunk.
propodeum
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in ants, what is commonly referred to as the thorax actually includes the
fused 1st abdominal segment (= epinotum/propodeum) and is correctly called the mseosoma or _
alitrunk
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colonies contain 3 distinct castes:
workers, queens, males
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Workers are female, never with _, and may live as long as # years
Workers are female, never with wings, and may live as long as 7 years
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Although typically thought of as being sterile, workers of many species lay eggs that
develop into males or are used by the colony as food (_ _)
trophic eggs
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Small workers are called minors, large ones majors or _
soldiers
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Small workers are called minors, large ones majors or “_”, and
those of in-between size are called intermediates or _
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_ do all the work in the colony, which includes gathering food, caring for the young, and the enlargement of the nest.
workers
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queens = Once inseminated, they can lay fertile eggs for their _ which may be up to 30 years (harvester ant queens).
lifetime
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a colony may contain many functional _ or _ but only one founding queen.
females or queens
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The male is usually between the worker and the queen in size and his only function is to _
inseminate the queen
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Ant Control Is
An 8-Step Process
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Ant Control NUMBER-step process:
8
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Ant Control steps: 1) _. 2) location of nest. 3) exclusion. 4) perimeter treatment.
5) reduction of honeydew sources. 6) interior application. 7) baiting. 8) other non chemical methods - ie sanitation
1) identification
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Ant Control steps: 1) identification. 2) _. 3) exclusion. 4) perimeter treatment.
5) reduction of honeydew sources. 6) interior application. 7) baiting. 8) other non chemical methods - ie sanitation
2) location of nest
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Ant Control steps: 1) identification. 2) location of nest. 3) _. 4) perimeter treatment.
5) reduction of honeydew sources. 6) interior application. 7) baiting. 8) other non chemical methods - ie sanitation
3) exclusion
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Ant Control steps: 1) identification. 2) location of nest. 3) exclusion. 4) _.
5) reduction of honeydew sources. 6) interior application. 7) baiting. 8) other non chemical methods - ie sanitation
4) perimeter treatment
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Ant Control steps: 1) identification. 2) location of nest. 3) exclusion. 4) perimeter treatment.
5) _. 6) interior application. 7) baiting. 8) other non chemical methods - ie sanitation
5) reduction of honeydew sources
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Ant Control steps: 1) identification. 2) location of nest. 3) exclusion. 4) perimeter treatment.
5) reduction of honeydew sources. 6) _. 7) baiting. 8) other non chemical methods - ie sanitation
6) interior application
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Ant Control steps: 1) identification. 2) location of nest. 3) exclusion. 4) perimeter treatment.
5) reduction of honeydew sources. 6) interior application. 7) _. 8) other non chemical methods - ie sanitation
7) baiting
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Ant Control steps: 1) identification. 2) location of nest. 3) exclusion. 4) perimeter treatment.
5) reduction of honeydew sources. 6) interior application. 7) baiting. 8) _
8) other non chemical methods - ie sanitation
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