Where they stopped, Argentine ants always be king by defeating the native ant species. In each 'war' with native ants in the new place, Argentine ants are always a winner.
In fact, in California, Argentine ants declared as pests because of his actions are always destructive citrus farmers.
However, the ferocity and intensity of Argentine ants that later gets a rival of other ant species. He is the 'ant winter'. These ants are capable conguered later revealed that Argentine ants.
Ants this winter has the ability to better adapt to the extremely cold weather than in other insects. They make the poison in the glands in the stomach to adapt to cold environments. Glands that release drugs when under extreme pressure.
From the research, it turns out toxins released by the ants this winter are able to 'tame' Argentine ants. One small drop of poison ants winter, Argentine ants are capable of ending life. From laboratory experiments, testing the poison has killed 79 percent level.
"This is the first case of well-documented. Where native species that were successful against Argentine ants," said Deborah M. Gordon, a professor of biology at Stanford, as reported by upi.com, Wednesday, June 8, 2011.
Gordon is a student who first saw the ants this winter remove the poison. "At first, I do not believe it," he said.
"This is a group of ants that do not have a stinger and you do not see them acting aggressively, but the students were able to show very clearly that these ants do not just use poison, but when they use them, how they use it and what its impact."
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