Ants
Do you know that ants of some species can lift a weight 50 times their body weight? Did you know that some ants' jaws can be used instead of threads for sewing wounds? Some more similar records and interesting facts - further.
Ants are not only tiny red pests from under the bedside tables or famous forest nurses who quietly collect huge anthills. Ants are also several species of truly dangerous insects, a meeting with which may turn out to be the last for humans. Fortunately, there are few such ants.
The legs of an ant are the result of many millennia of evolution. This is not only a device for moving quickly enough, but also a universal tool for communication and performing a huge number of operations. A simple person, looking at an ant, can easily distinguish it from some similar arthropods. How? By the number of legs!
Neighborhood with ants in the apartment - one of the serious problems of modern sanitation. These insects are so versatile, tenacious and so quickly able to adapt to environmental conditions that sometimes even experienced pest control cannot guarantee that they will quickly get them out of the room. Nevertheless, even using quite affordable means from household ants, almost everyone is able to get rid of these insects (except for the most neglected cases) - you just have to do it right.
Ultrasonic ant repellers are the real dream of many housewives. However, they also often become a big disappointment: their effectiveness in the fight against ants is the same as in the destruction of cockroaches. That is, almost zero. Why?..
Did you know that the total mass of all ants on the planet is approximately equal to the mass of all people? Have you ever heard that ants are true longevity among insects? Did you try delicacies with ants? Yes, yes, these small and inconspicuous insects are among the most amazing creatures in the world.They still have many surprises in stock, with which they can surprise even university professors. We offer to get acquainted with interesting facts from the life of ants in more detail.
It may seem a mystery how a tiny ant unmistakably finds the entrance to its anthill, running away from it for 100-200 meters in search of food. After all, a person in such a situation would have to easily return home after a walk of 75 km one way through the forest without roads and signs. Such ants' navigational abilities attracted the close attention of researchers, and today it turned out that ants use several orientation mechanisms at once to return home.
Pharaoh ants are one of the most undesirable insects in the apartment, and the fight against them is the traditional fun of housewives around the world. In this fight, insects are still winning, actively spreading around the planet and as if unaware of the abundance of insecticides that persecute them. As a rule, the reason for failures in the fight against pharaoh ants is the lack of knowledge of their biology.Anyone who understands the peculiarities of life and reproduction of these pests, certainly can get rid of them.
The first ant medicine offered by sellers in the markets and in stores is traps. It is believed that they are the most safe for humans and pets, easy to use and inexpensive. Only here about their effectiveness from these pests very few people say ...
Destroying domestic ants is much more difficult than just temporarily removing them from an apartment. These insects so quickly adapt to different conditions and so easily restore their numbers that even experienced disinsectors and professionals recognize that their destruction is very difficult, and in some houses it is almost impossible task. But, nevertheless, in most cases it is possible to destroy ants in an apartment with their own hands, and this is the detailed article.