Are aphids overrunning your garden? Margie Siegal gives tips to rid yourself of these little insects—and the ants that farm them. The post How To Get Rid of Aphid-Farming Ants in Your Garden appeared ...

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 ...

Just sprinkle it in the places where ants and aphids appear, and the pests will flee from the garden. This is thanks to capsaicin, an irritating substance naturally found in chili.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

While doing so, each unknowingly leaves antibiotic microorganisms secreted from its feet. That trail of tiny footprints, indiscernible to the naked eye, is remarkably effective at protecting the tree ...

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

The Russell lab studies the functional significance and evolutionary histories of symbioses in ants and aphids through a combination of molecular, bioinformatic, phylogenetic, and experimental ...