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Now here’s a well kept secret: Do you know about fluon, the slippery white material that is essential to keep ants where you want them (at least as much as possible)? It is available at that old standby of insect supplies, BioQuip as Insect-A-Slip Insect Barrier – Fluon It isn’t cheap, but you don’t need very much. Yeah BioQuip!!! This week my son and I have been watching a toothbrush. No, we haven’t gone bonkers. This does have something to do with ants. You see, we saw this post about an unusual Ant-traction. It seems that a certain type of ant likes the rubbery buttons Colgate toothbrushes. Go check it out. Here’s a link to [...] I’ve just been reading a book on katydids, which are insects renowned for their ability to sing. What about ants? Are they the strong silent types? It turns out that ants can make plenty of music. They can squeak, drum and rattle as well. There is nothing quiet about ants. As Dr. Francesca Barbero of the [...] Have you heard the buzz about the fungus-gardening ant, Mycocepurus smithii? Apparently the queens can crank out workers and new queens without fertilization of the eggs. Genetic studies have shown the workers to be clones of their queen mother. No males have ever been found in nature, and laboratory colonies can’t be induced to make [...] |
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