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12 Common Pests That Will Scurry Away After Catching The Smell Of This Kitchen Essential

Ants infiltrating your kitchen? Deer nibbling your vegetables? Peachtree borer killing your fruit trees? A pantry essential ...

Everyday Cheapskate: You have everything you need to get rid of ants sitting in your pantry

Sprinkle the food-grade DE outside around the perimeter of your home. You can also safely sprinkle it inside where you see ...
NPR

Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...
New Scientist

Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then usurps her

A type of parasitic ant takes over the colonies of a related species by inciting the workers to kill their queen, then taking her place. Around 230 species of ants are considered parasites – they lay ...
CNN

Scientists uncover an ant assassination scheme that helps a parasitic queen rise to power

Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over the nest of a different species, by tricking workers into an unlikely assassination. The ...
SF Weekly

Research reveals ants use ‘chemical warfare’ to kill their queens

Ants use 'chemical warfare' to compel host workers to kill their own queen, reveals new research. Scientists have observed for the first time an invading ant queen using a chemical spray to compel ...