Everything in the ant hill seems to need the liquid secretions from members of the colony that are in their pupal stage. By Joshua Sokol Orli Snir, a biologist at the Rockefeller University in New ...

The tapeworm eggs inside these infected ants hatch and enter the larva stage of development. This is when the tapeworm larva sends antioxidants and other proteins through the ant's body ...

For Indian jumping ants (Harpegnathos saltator), becoming royalty is all about timing. If a larva gives signs of maturing into a queen at the wrong time, it is physically harassed into remaining a ...

For the first time, researchers have observed ants secreting a milk-like fluid that nourishes others in the colony. The research, published in Nature on 30 November 1, reveals that as pupae — an ...

And while ants of all ages seem to enjoy the fluid, young ant larvae need it—those deprived of the fluid in their first four days of life fail to grow, and many eventually die.

Crazy Brazilian pranksters managed to get a colony of real ants to carry tiny protest signs in a demonstration against the insecticide Baygon. Need I say ...

Ozaena ground beetles likely have anatomical adaptations enabling them to parasitize ant nests throughout their life cycle, according to a study published January 16, 2019 in the open-access ...

A defining feature of soldier ants is that during the larval stage, they sprout a vestigial wing bud, which disappears as the insect gets older. Supersoldiers sprout two of these vestigial discs.

It's that time of year again. “This year we've been getting a lot of calls on chiggers, fleas and fire ants,” said Chris Romano, vice president of Vexcon Pest Control. The insects are coming ...

Kirchner said researchers can now document every stage of this ant's life cycle, as well as the appearance of the males. And, based on the size of queens in the nests, researchers can further ...

A: I get mail all the time asking me to repeat the ant bait formulas. I will put several on my Web page (www.askthebugman.com) very soon. Here are two good formulas. Mix 3 cups of water with 1 cup ...