Ants
Ants are omnivorous insects. Most ant species can eat almost any natural organic raw material - seeds, insect corpses, blades of grass. But even among ants there are those that feed exclusively on one product, and - extremely exotic. Read more about it.
Did you know that some species of ants can lift up to 50 times their body weight? Did you know that the jaws of some ants can be used instead of thread to sew up wounds? A few more similar records and interesting facts - further.
Ants are not only tiny red pests from under the bedside table or the famous forest orderlies, quietly collecting huge anthills. Ants are also several types of truly dangerous insects, a meeting with which may be the last for a person. Fortunately, there are few such species of ants.
The legs of an ant are the result of many millennia of evolution. This is not only a device for fairly fast movement, but also a universal tool for communication and performing a huge number of operations. And a simple person, looking at an ant, can easily distinguish it from some similar arthropods. How? By the number of legs!
Neighborhood with ants in the apartment is one of the serious problems of modern sanitation.These insects are so versatile, tenacious and so quickly able to adapt to environmental conditions that sometimes even experienced exterminators cannot guarantee that they will be quickly taken out of the room. Nevertheless, even using quite affordable remedies for domestic ants, almost everyone can get rid of these insects (with the exception of the most neglected cases) - you just need to do it right.
Ultrasonic ant repellers are the dream of many housewives. However, they most often become a big disappointment: their effectiveness in the fight against ants is the same as in the destruction of cockroaches. That is, almost zero. Why?..
Did you know that the total mass of all ants on the planet is approximately equal to the mass of all humans? Have you heard that ants are real centenarians among insects? Have you tried delicacies with ants? Yes, these small and nondescript insects are one of the most amazing creatures in the world. They have many more surprises in store that they can surprise even university professors with. We offer you to get acquainted with interesting facts from the life of ants in more detail.
It may seem a mystery how a tiny ant unmistakably finds the entrance to its anthill, having run away from it for 100-200 meters in search of food. After all, a person in such a situation should have easily returned home after walking 75 km one way through the forest without roads and signs.Such navigational abilities of ants attracted the close attention of researchers, and today it turned out that ants use several mechanisms for orienting themselves in order to return home.
Pharaoh ants are one of the most unwanted insects in the apartment, and fighting them is a traditional pastime for housewives around the world. So far, insects are winning in this fight, actively spreading across the planet and as if not noticing the abundance of insecticidal agents with which they are poisoned. As a rule, the reason for failures in the fight against pharaoh ants is ignorance of their biology. Anyone who understands the peculiarities of life and reproduction of these pests will surely be able to get rid of them.
The first remedy for ants offered by sellers in markets and shops is traps. It is generally accepted that they are the safest for humans and pets, easy to use and inexpensive. Only few people talk about their effectiveness against these pests ...