Argentine Ant Triumphs Over Pesticides In California

scientificamerican.com:

In 1907 Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) arrived in Los Angeles via a cargo ship. Within just a few years of their arrival the six-legged stowaways formed a single, massive colony--known as a supercolony--that stretched through California from south of the Mexico border to San Francisco.

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Comments

[MikeyJaii]

09:05 PM on 03/31/2011

Just put a female and male ant eater and there you have it.

[wm1066]

02:11 PM on 02/15/2011

For years the ants would get into my kitchen area during the winter, small red ants that had a bad bite. This year I used cinnamon in the corners and along the floorboards and it seems to work, they hate cinnamon! I think the cinnamon smell is too strong for them and it interferes with their ability to hone in on greasy stuff.

[levresamant]

06:08 AM on 02/15/2011

Insects will inherit the earth long after humans have rendered themselves extinct.