Tag: Pest Control


Ant Facts

by Myers Pest on Jul.22, 2010, under General

  • There are more than 12,000 species of ants all over the world.
  • An ant can lift 20 times its own body weight. If a second grader was as strong as an ant, she would be able to pick up a car!
  • Some queen ants can live for many years and have millions of babies!
  • Ants don’t have ears. Ants “hear” by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet.
  • When ants fight, it is usually to the death!
  • When foraging, ants leave a pheromone trail so that they know where they’ve been,
  • Queen ants have wings, which they shed when they start a new nest.
  • Ants don’t have lungs. Oxygen enters through tiny holes all over the body and carbon dioxide leaves through the same holes.
  • When the queen of the colony dies, the colony can only survive a few months. Queens are rarely replaced and the workers are not able to reproduc

Via http://www.pestworldforkids.org/ants.html

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Biology of the fire ant

by Myers Pest on Apr.12, 2010, under General

  • Red imported fire ant colonies will have anywhere from 80,000-250,000 workers in the colony.
  • Multi-queen colonies will have fewer workers than a single queen colony.
  • Queens may produce approximately 1,500 eggs a day!
  • Queens will live anywhere from 2-6 years.
  • 6-8 swarms occur each year and typically contain 4,500 swarmers.
  • Fire ants got their name from the fiery pain their stings inflict on the victim.
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Technorati Claim

by Myers Pest on Feb.27, 2010, under General

Getting high tech with technorati. Claiming the Dallas Pest & Termite Inspection Blog.

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