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2. Anting (behavior) - Wikipedia

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   A black drongo in a typical anting posture. Anting is a maintenance behavior during which birds rub insects, usually ants, on their feathers and skin.The bird may pick up the insects in its bill and rub them on the body (active anting), or the bird may lie in an area of high density of the insects and perform dust bathing-like movements (passive anting).

3. Ant-keeping - Wikipedia

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   A formicarium, which is a housing for an ant colony. Note the talcum powder/rubbing alcohol lubricant mixture applied around the top perimeter of the enclosure, to prevent ants from escaping. Ant-keeping (or ant keeping) is a hobby involving the capture, care, and observation of ants and ant colonies. [1] It is a form of lay myrmecology. The ...

4. Amdro - Wikipedia

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   Amdro is a trade name for a hydramethylnon-based hydrazone insecticide, commonly used in the southern United States for fire ant control. Amdro was patented in 1978 by the American Cyanamid company, now Ambrands, and was conditionally approved for use by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in August, 1980.

5. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis - Wikipedia

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   The ants clean each other's exoskeletons to decrease the presence of spores attached. [11] Also, ants can sense that a member of the colony is infected; healthy ants carry the O. unilateralis-infected individual far away from the colony to avoid exposure to spores. There are also reports that most worker ants remain inside the nest boundaries ...

6. Camponotus dumetorum - Wikipedia

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   The use of C. dumetorum as a potential deterrent to imported fire ants via competitive displacement has also been explored. [6] Their potential candidacy is supported by the benefits they convey to the environment and to agriculture, and their larger size which may provide an advantage in outcompeting imported fire ants. [6]

7. Agriculture in ants - Wikipedia

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   The use of the term "agriculture", which may not be entirely appropriate for mutualistic relationships—particularly in cases where a colony is hosted by a plant, such as a tree, in exchange for protection and aid in its survival and growth—is well documented in the scientific literature for processes where ants create crops and directly cultivate plants or fungi.