01-04-2019, 11:54 AM
"My LFA were ousted by slightly bigger black ants. "
We have black ants that moved in after we eradicated the LFA, but as the LFA come back the black ants are retreating. Here anyway the black ants didn't oust the LFA they just filled their void.
"The fire ant problem will not only continue it will get worse."
In the Southern United States crazy ants are ousting the fire ants:
"A new development in the competition between two ants invading the southern United States: tawny crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva) can detoxify the venom of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). It's the first known example of an insect with the ability to detoxify another insect's venom, and it is likely helping the crazy ant beat out fire ants where the two species overlap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAq25JQM4k "
The get worse part- some of the people dealing with the crazy ants are wishing for the fire ants to come back due to their penchant for destroying electronics.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...razy-ants/
eta: of course, I don't know if crazy ants clash with LFA due to LFA being miniscule. We could potentially live in a world with crazy ants AND lfa
We have black ants that moved in after we eradicated the LFA, but as the LFA come back the black ants are retreating. Here anyway the black ants didn't oust the LFA they just filled their void.
"The fire ant problem will not only continue it will get worse."
In the Southern United States crazy ants are ousting the fire ants:
"A new development in the competition between two ants invading the southern United States: tawny crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva) can detoxify the venom of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). It's the first known example of an insect with the ability to detoxify another insect's venom, and it is likely helping the crazy ant beat out fire ants where the two species overlap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAq25JQM4k "
The get worse part- some of the people dealing with the crazy ants are wishing for the fire ants to come back due to their penchant for destroying electronics.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...razy-ants/
eta: of course, I don't know if crazy ants clash with LFA due to LFA being miniscule. We could potentially live in a world with crazy ants AND lfa