21. Ants This article describes ants that may be found around the home, their identification, biology, food preferences and control measures. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG080

Whole Document Navigator (Click Here) Top of Document Introduction Identification Biology Food Preferences Control Footnotes Ants P. G. Koehler, R. M. Pereira and F. M. Oi Introduction Ants are pests around the home because they feed on and contaminate human foods, infest structures, and build unsightly mounds in lawns. In some cases, ants are able to inflict painful bites or stings. Ants do not attack or eat fabrics, leather or wood in houses; however, some species can establish nests in decaying wood in structures. Several species of ants are found in or around houses in Florida. In general, the most common ants can be grouped as house-infesting ants, yard-infesting ants, and carpenter ants. The most commonly encountered pest ants are pharaoh, ghost, carpenter, native fire, imported fire, crazy, thief, acrobat ( Figure 1 ), and big-headed ( Figure 2 ) ants. CREDITS: James Castner, University of Florida Figure 1. Acrobat ant. CREDITS: James Castner, University of Florida Figure 2. Big-headed ant. Identification Ants can be recognized from other insects because they have a narrow waist with one or two joints (nodes) between the thorax and abdomen. Also, ants have elbowed antennae. Winged reproductives have four wings with the first pair being much larger in size than the hind pair.

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23. NetLogo Models Library: Ants In this project, a colony of ants forages for food. Though each ant follows a set of simple rules, the colony as a whole acts in a sophisticated way. http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/Ants

Home Page Download Models Community Models ... Extensions User Manual: Web version Printable version FAQ Resources ... Contact Us NetLogo Models Library: Sample Models/Biology (back to the library) Ants Run Ants in your browser uses NetLogo 4.0.2 requires Java 1.4.1+ system requirements Note: If you download the NetLogo application, every model in the Models Library (besides the Community Models) is included. If you have trouble running this model in your browser, you may wish to download the application instead. WHAT IS IT? In this project, a colony of ants forages for food. Though each ant follows a set of simple rules, the colony as a whole acts in a sophisticated way. HOW IT WORKS When an ant finds a piece of food, it carries the food back to the nest, dropping a chemical as it moves. When other ants "sniff" the chemical, they follow the chemical toward the food. As more ants carry food to the nest, they reinforce the chemical trail. HOW TO USE IT Click the SETUP button to set up the ant nest (in violet, at center) and three piles of food. Click the GO button to start the simulation. The chemical is shown in a green-to-white gradient. The EVAPORATION-RATE slider controls the evaporation rate of the chemical. The DIFFUSION-RATE slider controls the diffusion rate of the chemical. There is an on-off PLOT? switch. Turning off the plotting lets the model run faster.

24. The Janos Project: ANTS EE ants is a Javabased toolkit for constructing an active network and its applications. ants will run on any JDK 1.1.x or better. http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/janos/ants.html

ANTS EE Overview Architecture Publications Software ... Bees ANTS JNodeOS JanosVM Moab Janos Meta-Makefiles ... Flux Projects ANTS is a Java-based toolkit for constructing an active network and its applications. ANTS will run on any JDK 1.1.x or better. It also runs on Kaffe (v1.0.6 or better). ANTS relies on the Janos Java NodeOS ANTS2 is a merge of two branches of ANTS: the ANTSR work done here at the University of Utah, and the ANTS 1.2 and ANTS 1.3 releases made by the University of Washington CVS access: Access to the "live" CVS repository for ANTS2.0 is available. See the CVS instructions for details. Overview Here is a short overview of the most important new features available in ANTS2.0: Use of the Janos Java NodeOS to access the network, create threads, etc. (For convenience a binary distribution of the Janos Java NodeOS is included; source is separately available). Many internal changes for intelligent per-protocol and per-application resource controls. ANTS2 includes a nearly complete restructuring of the ANTS internals, while making few changes to the public ANTS API. Inclusion of a new prototype security subsystem that allows the runtime to make fine-grained access control decisions on a per-application and per-protocol basis.

25. Ants This is some supplementary material to the paper Further Travels with My Ant by David Gale, Jim Propp, Scott Sutherland, and Serge Troubetzkoy, http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~scott/ants/

Generalized Ants This is some supplementary material to the paper Further Travels with My Ant by David Gale, Jim Propp Scott Sutherland , and Serge Troubetzkoy , which appears in the Summer 1995 issue of the Mathematical Intelligencer . In this paper, the some behavior of a cellular automaton called an "ant" is discussed. The ant moves about, and in each "cell", the ant turns right or left, depending on the the state of the cell, and then changes the state of the cell according to certain prescribed rule strings. Briefly, an "ant" moves around on an infinite checkerboard, each square of which we refer to as a "cell". Each cell in the plane is labeled as either an L -cell or an R -cell (usually, one fills the plane with L -cells to start). The ant starts out on the boundary between two cells, and as it passes through each cell, it makes a 90 degree turn, turning to the left in L -cells and to the right in R -cells, and it changes the state of the cell it just left, switching L -cells to R -cells, and vice versa. Following this simple set of rules gives rise to some rather complicated behavior; the pattern of the ant's track alternates between apparent chaos and symmetry, and eventually it starts to build a "highway" moving off in a single direction. The above described ant (and some variations) was originally studied by Chris Langton (then at the Santa Fe Institute , more recently a co-founder of the Swarm Corporation ). Later, Jim Propp generalized the ant by considering each cell to be in one of

26. FOUND Magazine | Ants! We collect FOUND stuff love letters, birthday cards, photos, to-do lists, poetry on napkins, doodles- anything that gives a glimpse into someone else s http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/1240

March 17, 2008 Ants! FOUND by Conrad in Canby, Oregon A crumpled sticky-note found in an upscale subdivision warns of an alien invasion, but carries undertones of class consciousness. 95 comments Forever May 30, 2006 Have Your Paint... March 17, 2007 The Not Rotten Thing October 16, 2005 Saturn Devours Youth February 25, 2006 Welcome to FOUND Sign In Register Login Email Password Register Welcome to FOUND! Now you can keep track of all your comments, share a little about yourself, and keep track of your favorite commentors. No more spam questions, no more impersonators... GOOD TIMES! Name ( How you will be identified. You won't be able to change it. ) Hometown ( Where are you? ) Email Password Confirm password We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles - anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life. Anything goes... + FOUND BLOG! + » Do you have any FOUND audio collecting dust? Want to share with FOUND Sound? » "Hey, That's Me!" Re-Entry Plan: Tilney Update!

27. Product Report - Pest Control—Ants ants are pests, whether indoors or out. They can ruin a picnic, damage wood support beams, and protect the pesky aphid in your garden. But ants also keep http://thegreenguide.com/reports/product.mhtml?id=74

28. Education World ® - Lesson Planning: The Ants Go Marching...Into Your Lesson Pl Why not capitalize on the recent release of the animated feature movie Antz and the soonto-be-released A Bug s Life? Education World offers a scavenger http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson087.shtml

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29. Dave Matthews Band - Antsmarching.org - Downloads Forum Setlists Tour Dates Trad Dave Matthews Band fan site. Setlists, forum, shn downloads, tour dates, artwork, cover art, stomps, lyrics, tabs. http://www.antsmarching.org/

Username Password Remember Me? Register! Home News Forum ... NEW! Latest Setlist Kokua Festival Waikiki Shell Honolulu, HI Bartender Where Are You Going Old Dirt Hill Tripping Billies Oh Cornbread Crash Into Me Tim Solo Unknown * Gravedigger The Maker Ants Marching Encore: Two Step Next Show DMB 2008-05-30 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake Burgettstown, PA tickets available from ticketmaster.com support antsmarching.org window.onload = Shadowbox.init; Ants Community (Click for more) A group of Ants from Little Falls, NY (Matt's hometown!) enjoy the pre-show festivities at SPAC. The venue can hold roughly 5x the... Official Ants After-Parties Join Matt, Jake, and Joe M. at the 2008 Official antsmarching.org After-Parties, July 11 and 12 after the Cruzan Amphitheatre shows! The Ants Podcast Episode 12 The community is shocked to learn that Butch Taylor is no longer a member of Dave Matthews Band. Matt and Jake discuss the ramifications of a Butch-less tour, and offer some insight on what to expect. Latest Poll ( Past Would you purchase DMB's catalog in vinyl?

30. Learn About Ants | PestWorld For Kids There are more than 12000 species of ants all over the world. ants range in color from red to black, and they can range in size from onequarter inch for a http://www.pestworldforkids.org/ants.html

...is for Ant An ant can lift 20 times its own body weight. There are more than 12,000 species of ants all over the world. Ants range in color from red to black, and they can range in size from one-quarter inch for a worker carpenter ant to three-quarters of an inch for a queen carpenter ant. Although ants are frustrating when they get in homes, ants do help the environment. They help control the population of damaging pests such as termites. Types of ants include fire ants, which cause a painful sting, and carpenter ants, which damage wood structures while nest building. Other types of ants include honey, pharoah, house, Argentine, and the thief ant. Argentine Ant This species of ant is native to Argentina and Brazil and was probably introduced to the United States in freight ships before 1891. These ants can be found in southern states and in California, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Oregon and Washington. Argentine ant colonies are located in wet environments near a food source. They prefer to eat sweets but they will eat almost anything including meats, eggs, oils and fats. Worker argentine ants are about one sixteenth of an inch long. Queen argentine ants are one eighth of an inch to one quarter of an inch long. Odorous House Ants This ant gets its name from the strong, rotten coconut-like smells it gives off when crushed. These tiny insects range in size from one-sixteenth of an inch to one-eighth of an inch long. Native to the United States, these ants are very social - living in colonies of up to 100,000 members. Typically living for several years, these ants make their homes in exposed soil and wall cracks. They like to eat sweets, especially melon.

31. ANTS VI Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium. University of Vermont, USA; 1318 June 2004. http://web.ew.usna.edu/~ants/

General Schedule Participants Proceedings ... Registration ANTS VI Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium University of Vermont 13 - 18 June 2004 NEW Errata for ANTS VI Proceedings NEW Since their inception in Cornell in 1994, the biennial ANTS meetings have become the premier international forums for the presentation of new research in computational number theory. The sixth Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS VI) will be held Sunday 13 June to Friday 18 June 2004 on the campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Important Dates 10 December 2003 - Deadline for papers (see Directions for Authors Saturday 12 June 2004 - Arrival day, reception in early evening ( Information for Participants Sunday 13 June 2004 - first day of talks for ANTS VI conference Wednesday afternoon - excursions Thursday evening - conference banquet Friday 18 June 2004 - last day of talks for ANTS VI conference 20-25 June 2004 - CNTA-8 (Canadian Number Theory Association meeting, Toronto, Canada) Paper Submission www.springeronline.com

32. ANTS s, photos, drawings to identify common ants in Canada....... http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/ants.htm

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33. SIWeb: Ant Colony Cycle View photos and read explanations of the life and building cycle of an ant colony. Click on the images for additional details. http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/ants/ant_colony_cycle.html

The Ant Colony Cycle (a) An ant colony starts in general with a queen (alate reproductive female) that has just landed from the nuptial flight in which she has been inseminated by one or more males, has lost her wings and has found a protected place or has excavated a chamber. (b) In this protected place (the nest, that does not necessarily have to be constructed, but can be a natural chamber under a rock, for instance) the queen starts to lay eggs, from which after a certain period, emerge the larvae. The queen may search for food outside the nest or regurgitate her liquefied wing musculature (she will never fly again). In this initial period the queen is respondible for all colony tasks, not only feeding the larvae and herself, but also for the maintenance of the nest and for colony defense. The larval phase is when the ants grow up, so they have to be constantly fed. The queen may search for food outside the nest or regurgitate her liquefied musculature related to the wings, as she will never fly again. In this initial period the queen is responsible for all colony tasks, not only feeding the larvae and herself, but also the maintenance of the nest and colony defense. The larval phase is when the ants grow, so they have to be constantly fed. (c) After the eclosion of the first workers the queen does not perform most behaviors necessary to nest maintenance and colony development anylonger, and restricts herself only to egg laying and autogrooming, while the workers do all other tasks, including the feeding of the queen. The colony passes through a growing phase, not only in population but also in nest size and the area over which the workers forage for food.

34. Two Bad Ants This unit, designed to supplement the teaching of Two Bad ants by Chris Van Allsburg, consists of four Internet activities in which the students explore the http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/badant/badanttg.html

35. Central San EducationLess-Toxic Home Garden - Ants In the Bay Area, the ants most frequently found in vading homes are called Argentine ants. Although they can be pests, ants provide an ecological cleansing http://www.centralsan.org/education/ipm/ants.html

Select a Topic: Table of Contents Store Partnerships Less-Toxic Strategy Lawn Care Physical Controls Cultural Controls Beneficials Plants Roses Ants Aphids Cockroaches Fleas Mosquitoes Spiders Yellowjackets Problem Pesticides Safe Use of Pesticides Pest Companies Free Workshops Resources Links For More Info Quick Fix Got ants? The Argentine ant is the one that most frequently invades Bay Area homes. In the Bay Area, the ants most frequently found in- vading homes are called Argentine ants. Although they can be pests, ants provide an ecological cleansing and fertilization service of considerable importance. For example, they kill and eat many pest insects, aerate the soil, and recycle dead animal and vegetable material. Because of these beneficial aspects, it is undesirable (and probably downright impossible) to eliminate ants from their outside habitat. The best approach to ant management is to try to keep them outdoors. Ant Baits Detection Controls Prevention ... Spanish Version Quick Fix for an Ant Emergency Find what ants are after (usually left-over food) and where they are entering the room (usually through a crack in the wall). Mark it so you can find it again. If you can't find an entry point, see Step 5.

36. Lockley: Imported Fire Ants Four species of fire ants are currently found within the contiguous southeastern US Fire ants are omonivorous, feeding on almost any plant or animal http://ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/lockley.htm

Imported Fire Ants Timothy C. Lockley Imported Fire Ant Station USDA/APHIS/PPQ Gulfport, MS 39501 Apunte aquí para versión en Español X HISTORY: Map: APHIS Quarantine map showing fire ant distribution in U.S . Four species of fire ants are currently found within the contiguous southeastern United States. The tropical fire ant, Solenopsis geminata Fabricius, and the southern fire ant, S. xyloni McCook, are considered species "native" to the area. The two imported species of fire ants were introduced into the United States from South America at the port of Mobile, Alabama. The black imported fire ant, Solenopsis richteri Forel, arrived sometime around 1918 and the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, in the late 1930's. The presence of imported fire ants in the United States was first reported in 1929 by Loding. Both species probably came to the port in soil used as ballast in cargo ships. In the years preceding the arrival of the red imported fire ant, the black imported fire ant slowly spread into adjacent counties in Alabama and Florida. Since its introduction, the red imported fire ant, a much more aggressive species than the black imported fire ant, has spread quickly. By the time of the first official survey carried out by the USDA in 1953, imported fire ants had invaded 102 counties in 10 states (Culpepper 1953). Today, the red imported fire ant has spread throughout the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico (Fig. 1)

37. Insecta Inspecta World - Army Ant What eats every animal in its path, raids other ant colonies, and migrates to find more food? An army ant colony! Army ants are amazing creatures! http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/ants/army/index.html

Home Ants Bees Beetles ... Home Army Ants What eats every animal in its path, raids other ant colonies, and migrates to find more food? An army ant colony! Army ants are amazing creatures! Not only have they founded nests, developed a social hierarchy, and migrated to other areas, but they also have a very interesting life cycle and colony structure. TAXONOMY Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropada Class: Insecta Family: Formicidae Genus: Eciton Species: Eciton burchelli NESTS HIERARCHY MIGRATION Because of their large colony size, army ants migrate in order to find food. They may raid other colonies and capture slaves . During the nomadic phase, army ants march at night and stop to camp in daylight. The colony starts its stationary phase when the need for food decreases. Then they make temporary nests, and change the nest everyday. Each of these rampages lasts for about seventeen days. Some say that army ants may have a collective intelligence Army ants kill and eat up to 100,000 animals in a day. Together they can kill lizards, snakes, chickens, pigs, goats, scorpions, and many other animals. They also climb trees and eat birds plus insects that may live in trees. DESCRIPTION Like many other insects, the body of an army ant has a head, thorax and abdomen. The head has a mouth, eyes and antennae. The mouth has two jaws called mandibles that are like scissors. Still, army ants can only swallow liquids because the solids form a ball that the ant spits out. Unlike other ants, army ants do not have compound eyes, but instead have single eyes (but they are still blind). Army ants use their antennae to sense smell and touch. This is how they know which colony and nest they belong to. They use their antennae to communicate as well. The thorax is connected to the head by joints called nodes. The thorax is between the head and abdomen. It is connected to the abdomen by a narrow waist called the petiole. The abdomen is in the shape of an oval. That is where the stomach, large intestine, sting, etc. are located.

38. Gordon's Ant Page An introduction to the biology and ecology of ants. http://www.earthlife.net/insects/ants.html

Have you seen the The Amazing World of Birds Yet The Ants Ants are among the most amazing and fascinating creatures in the world. They are all social and live in large groups of mostly sterile sisters who work to raise the sexual offspring of their mother the Queen, there are a lot of books written on ants and I hope that what you read here will wet your appetite to learn more about these delightful and complex creatures. There are 8,800 known species of ant in the world and they have a wide variety of lifestyles. For instance the giant Australian Bull Ants which can be over 2.5 cms long, live very simple lives and the Queens and Workers look very similar. In contrast the Leaf cutting ants of Central and South America have a much more complicated social structure in their nests. There can be 3 or 4 different sizes of workers as well as large soldiers, males and Giant Queens and Gynes (a gyne is an unmated female sexual, she is called a Queen after she has mated). The oldest known ant in the world was found preserved in amber and lived 100 million years ago in the Mid-Cretaceous period. It is called Sphecomyrma freyi Though some ant species live in extremely large nests and colonies can contain amazing numbers of ants such as the single supercolony of Formica yessensis on the Coast of Japan which is reported to have had an incredible 1 080 000 queens and 306 000 000 workers in 45 interconnected nests, others can be very small. Nests of

39. Gander Academy; Insects Resource Pages Many other kinds of ants are capable of biting or stinging. ants can lift 20 times their own body weight. An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/ccants.htm

Gander Academy Ants Velvet Ants Velvet ants are actually wingless wasps. The velvety body can vary in color including black, yellow, orange, red or white. Many other kinds of ants are capable of biting or stinging. Carpenter Ants Carpenter Ants are a problem to humans because of their habit of nesting in houses. They do not eat wood, but they remove quantities of it to expand their nesting facilities. This can result in damage to buildings and, if the main structural beams are hollowed out, can result in an unsafe condition. Ants Ants are social insects living in colonies. Usually a colony has three distinct castes: queens, workers and males. Each caste looks different and has a different job. Interesting Facts About Ants Like all insects, ants have six legs. Each leg has three joints. The legs of the ant are very strong so they can run very quickly. If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse. Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight. An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human. Ants Ants are members of the family of social insects meaning that they live in organized colonies. Ants make up the family of Formicidae of the order Hymenoptera.The ant family contains more than 4.500 described species that can be found in tropical and temperate areas around the world. Most of the described and unknown species are found in the rain forests, however, due to the destruction of those forests most of them will probably never be categorized.

40. Carpenter Ant Provides information about the carpenter ant such as description, life cycle, and habitat. http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/carpants.html

Carpenter Ant Contact: Eric Day, Manager, Insect Identification Laboratory Publication 444-253, August 1996, updated June 1999 Carpenter Ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Camponotus spp. SIZE: Large - from 1/4 inch (6.4mm) for a worker up to 3/4 inch (19.1mm) for a queen COLOR: Black, or sometimes red and black DESCRIPTION: Carpenter ants are active indoors during many months of the year, usually during the spring and summer. When ants are active in the house during late winter/early spring (February/March), the infestation (nest) is probably within the household. When carpenter ants are first seen in the spring and summer (May/June), then the nest is likely outdoors and the ants are simply coming in for food. The natural food of the ants consists of honeydew from aphids, other insects, and plant juices, but they will readily forage for water and food scraps within the house. HABITAT: Under natural conditions, carpenter ants nest in live and dead trees and in rotting logs and stumps. However, they will also construct their nests in houses, telephone poles, and other man-made wooden structures. Nests are begun in deteriorating wood which has been exposed to moisture. Often, the colony will extend its nest to adjacent, sound wood. Nests are commonly found in porch pillars and roofs, window sills, and wood in contact with soil.

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