Ants may also come inside in search of water, particularly when the weather is hot. Some species prefer to build their nests ...

Ants are nature's clean-up crew, tirelessly scavenging waste and helping to maintain a healthy, balanced ecosystem. They also play important roles as predators and seed dispersers. Before reaching ...

Countless species of insects have been around for hundreds of millions of years, including pests like cockroaches and beetles ...

Female velvet ants spend almost their entire lives alone, searching for places to lay their eggs. One big challenge of this nomadic lifestyle is the constant risk of being ambushed by would-be ...

In return for this food source, ants provide the aphids with protection from predators, creating a mutually beneficial ...

Badgers, foxes and green woodpeckers are probably the main ant predators. They attempt to defend themselves from predators (and humans) by producing and spraying formic acid - a smelly substance ...

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 ...

In some Australian species, the attending ants even build thatched or earthen corrals to contain the caterpillars. By day the caterpillars are protected from predators by the corral and the ants.

Animals often get labeled as either predators or prey. But in the wild, survival isn’t always a one-animal job. Some species ...