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| | Ant Types (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
| | Leafcutter ants are found in the tropical forests of Central and South America and north to southern United States--known as the |
| | Army ants are active, agressive and move their colony regularly in search of prey. |
| | Weaver ants are reddish colored insects found in the tropical forests of Africa and India and south to Australia and the Solomon Islands. |
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| | The Ant Farm's Reading Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
| | Leafcutter ants attack giant Amazon waterlily: The largest leaf on our giant Amazon waterlily (Victoria amazonica) has been attacked by the colony of leafcutter ants as it unfurled against the rock on which the ants were collecting leaves overnight. |
| | Ants (The Ant Patrol), and Terra, the Ant (#1 and |
| | Ant Farm Simulator: Emulate ants ability to coordinate into the task of food-gathering, by mean of short-span individual reactions to environment events. |
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| | Texas Leafcutter Ant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
| | Licensed with University of Texas AandM, University of Texas, Texas Tech University, Roy Rogers Merchandising, and Hank Williams Jr. |
| | Troup, Texas located in the rolling hills of East Texas near Tyler, Texas is partially in northern Cherokee and southern Smith counties. |
| | Founded in 1823, the Texas Rangers constitute the oldest state law enforcement agency in the nation and an enduring symbol of Texas and the American West. |
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| | Along with typical pests such as fire ants and termites, this spring is bringing leafcutter ants, cankerworms, oak leaf rollers and other lesser-known bugs, she said. |
| | Leafcutter ants create large underground "fungus gardens" where they produce their food, Brown noted. |
| | "Leafcutter ants are not nearly as well known as fire ants, but they have a lot of destructive potential." |
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| | ScienceDaily: Fire Ant Killing Protozoa Found In 120 Texas Counties |
| | Even better news: Texas A&M University System entomologists have completed a survey that detected the protozoa in fire ant colonies in approximately 120 of the 157 Texas counties where they have been found. |
| | The tiny microorganism may not eradicate the fire ants but it has the potential of changing it from a highly aggressive pest into one much less competitive with native species, said Dr. Forrest Mitchell, entomologist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Stephenville. |
| | Though there are several native species of fire ant, their stings pale compared to their more aggressive cousin, the red imported fire ant, which was accidentally introduced to the United States in the 1930s. |
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| | antbase.de: Ant Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
| | Basic information on the systematics and ecology of ants, ant pictures, ant bibliography and others. |
| | Ants of Borneo by Yoshiaki HASHIMOTO (a web page under construction, including a key to subfamilies) |
| | Imported Fire Ants - Research and management of the fire ant from Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas AgriculturalExtension Service, Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Tech University,University of Texas, and Texas Parks and Wildlife. |
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| | Atta texana - leafcutter ant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
| | The same sharp jaws used by the leafcutter ant to slice the leaves also serve to carry the cargo back to the nest. |
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| | This image was captured with a Canon EOS 20D, using a Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens. |
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| | Leafcutter ant questions - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
| | And the last question...where is the appropriate place to find the materials to put together both a leafcutter nest and a ground Carpenter ant nest (aslo found in arkansas...several types so far..the ones I like live in the ground and have darker red heads and lighter abdomens). |
| | As for sending a colony, you should understand that they are a very small species of cutter ants so any holding containers need to have pretty much no holes in them, they can find their way out of most containers I've made so far. |
| | I heard of shipping ants before and it shouldn't be that bad. |
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| | 2000 Forest Health Highlights - Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
| | The Texas Forest Service provides forest health protection assistance to state and private land managers within the State. The State and the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection unit fund this program cooperatively. |
| | For the third consecutive year (and four of the last five years), Texas has experienced severe drought. Seedling mortality was high on most tracts planted during the winter of 1999-2000 and Ips (pine engraver) beetles activity was much higher than usual across all of East Texas. |
| | Oak wilt continues to devastate over 60 counties in Texas, mostly between Dallas and San Antonio. Urban and rural oaks are affected. Live oak, the premier tree species in the region and highly valued for beauty, shade, and wildlife benefits, is severely impacted by the disease. The Texas Forest Service began its 14 |
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| | Guide to Leaf cutter or Leaf cutting Ant |
| | Updated Colony Founding section of What are leafcutter Ants. |
| | Added Bala Ant Massacres and Bala Ant Massacres II images by Tim Linksvayer to Image Gallery. |
| | Added beautiful leafcutter ants and picnic painting by Mary Helsaple to art painting section. |
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| | PLANTanswers - Category: garden land misc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
| | Your interest in leafcutter ants is commendable, and well justified due to the interesting biology of these ants. |
| | Occasionally you may see a leafcutter ant display in a museum, but these have been collected by entomologists in the field and carefully pampered to maintain the colony. |
| | I know the Smithsonian Institute (Museum of Natural History) has kept live leaf-cutter ants on display and undoubtably there is someone there who could tell you how to go about trying to start a colony. |
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