Symbiotic relationships between species are both common and incredible, including those between ants and these four insects, ...

Are aphids overrunning your garden? Margie Siegal gives tips to rid yourself of these little insects—and the ants that farm ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

We determined the effects of red imported fire ants on the abundance of aphids, other herbivorous insects, and beneficial arthropods in Alabama tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) by manipulating the ...

That trail of tiny footprints, indiscernible to the naked eye, is remarkably effective at protecting the tree from pathogens and pests. That makes ants, in the eyes of Ida Cecilie Jensen ...

The Florida Entomologist Vol. 72, No. 1, Mar., 1989 Impact of the Imported Fire Ant on Labor... Impact of the Imported Fire Ant on Laboratory Populations of Cotton Aphid (Aphis gossypii) Predators ...

These ants prefer lawn edges where there is less disturbance. Ants feed off the honeydew excreted by various insects such as mealybugs, scale insects and aphids. Ants protect these pests by fending ...

It’s easy to dismiss the occasional ant in the kitchen or a single cockroach scurrying across the floor. However, what may ...

They even use pesticides to remove unwanted fungal strains or pests from their precious crop. Other ant species herd aphid 'cattle', which they eat and also milk for honeydew, a plant sap excreted ...

which provide food and the ants protect these plants from pests. There are several wasp species that closely resemble ants, including the velvet ant, which is actually a hairy, wingless wasp.