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Information from the article is different from what is written in one of the links. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/15/BAG75L6BJK1.DTL&type=science mentions that fire ants don't co-exist with argentine ants. "Quickly spreading north and west, they attacked other ants and established dominance everywhere -- except in the southern states, where more aggressive fire ants have kept them at bay." 80.178.110.82 21:24, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Argentine ants KILL.
I live in Queensland, Australia I dont know if these ants are as agresive in other parts of the world but I think this will be very good info for people...
I went out to check on my Guinea Pigs and foud SIX of them to be dead they were coverd with these ants and their fur was eaten off by the ants I have tried every thing to stop these ants but they DO NOT respond to any thing I use or do. I f you have small animals Eg. Guinea Pigs, Rats, Rabits, Mice ECT. and you notice you have a lot of these ants around I Very Stronglky Urge you to bring them into safty like a garage or even inside. I hope that this message stops the deaths of little animals and helps you in some way. :) . I dont want people to go thru what I did.
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(moved here from article — Quicksilver T @ 11:57, 27 December 2006 (UTC))
Haha, the Argentine ants don't kill animals, your guinea pigs be dead, and later the ants take a nice lunch, but really, don't kill animals 152.170.24.22 ( talk) 23:00, 2 August 2016 (UTC)A Argentine
If you know other names these ants are called by, please add them to the article. I used to collect such names in my search for their "real" name, but never kept a list. Thmazing ( talk) 02:44, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
In Argentina we call this ants as: Hormiga Colorada-- 152.170.24.22 ( talk) 23:05, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
I think the Recipe needs to be adjusted to include more than a 1/4 Teaspoon of Borax. Because I tried the homemade bait on an Argentine Ant Trail and the ants disappeared within 3 days. But some days later, the Ants reappeared again. I'm thinking that I didn't use enough Borax in the Recipe and was wondering if using a higher dose of Borax in the recipe might cause the Bait to work more effectively or be refused by the ants. -- Arima ( talk) 23:26, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to make a note that Argentine Ants are not very active during a scorching day of bright sunlight and clear weather and as a result will try to make use of any shade that they can find. As a result, established trails that are completely exposed to the sunlight, without any fallen leaves, plants, rocks, or any tall or covering objects to provide shade, will become disused until sunset or cloudy weather comes around.
I've also noticed on my front lawn that they make use of weeds as hiding grounds and trail markers because of the adequate shade they provide. -- Arima ( talk) 21:51, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
I had to restructure the mention of aphids so it reads like this:
...which is a little awkwarder than it read before, but I needed to make clear that the reference I located only verifies that Argentine ants sometimes tend aphid colonies–it doesn't verify anything else in the sentence. If the rest is confirmed feel free to reword, but otherwise please make sure the veracity of the reference is sustained. -- Xiaphias ( talk) 18:15, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Considering that this species is listed as one of the worst invasive species by the IUCN and how wide spread the species is, I would think that it should rate a little higher than 'low importance' on the scale. Funkyj ( talk) 17:22, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
I don't know how many pictures this article should have, but the ones that it does have are pretty wimpy considering how important and common these ants are. I have some pictures I took in Northern California of Argentine Ants doing various things - eating, carrying dead of their own kind, and consuming dead cockroaches, as well as some moderately good closeups of individual workers. If anybody could let me know if there is a need for these here, it would be helpful. But I've never uploaded images to Wikipedia before, so I might need some help. Zibem ( talk) 05:32, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
I am a novice on this subject, I'll admit, but I have just finished reading a book on entomology that clearly and repeatedly emphasized ongoing warfare between Argentine ants of four separate supercolonies in California alone- two of which were identified as the "Lake Hodges Colony" and "Very Large Colony". If anyone knows the truth behind this situation, feel free to correct the article (or me). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.169.11.177 ( talk) 20:02, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
An extensive article on the topic can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars043. I'm trying to digest it.
Pgramsey ( talk) 04:42, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
A report of this ant was just in my local newspaper. Apparently the ant is now in Victoria BC. Canada. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.69.101.107 ( talk) 16:28, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
Victoria is the only known Canadian location of the ant, which has been identified on every continent except Antarctica.
The Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile) is a common invasive ant in people’s homes and in nature although it is native to parts of South America in lowland areas. The article introduces a very interesting theory about the global super colony that has been formed by these invasive ants. The article emphasized that it is dietary factors that affect recognition cues for ants and dictate how they interact. The article had strong points about the ant interactions and the differences between native and invasive species. The article lacked a section about Taxonomy/Phylogeny, which would have been very helpful to understand how these super colonies came to be. Additionally, we learn nothing about the hierarchy within a colony other than that the worker bees are sterile but they are able to direct egg development. A section about behavior based on climate for native ants would have been helpful to understand the differences between pest and native ants. This article is rated as C-class but of high importance because of the pestiness of these ants. Most of the critiques were centered on the validity of the information and questioning the idea of the super colony, which I agree could be improved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claire.packer ( talk • contribs) 15:53, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
I would just like to point out that Kobe is not on the "west coast of Japan" but is rather on the "coast of Western Japan". This may seem a small difference but Kobe is not on a western coastline, it is on the coast of Osaka Bay, on the Pacific Coast of Japan.
I am not knowledgeable about ants so I don't wish to edit the article but the next time someone updates the range information perhaps this could be incorporated.— Preceding unsigned comment added by GummyYeti ( talk • contribs) 15:51, October 4, 2015 (UTC)
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The statement regarding the Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) attraction to electrical fields cannot be attributed to this species. This behavior is attributed to the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), or simply RIFA. The statement regarding loss of genetic diversity to explain mega colonization and diverse colony cooperation was found to be false by a Stanford University study. West coast colonies had exhibited a suppressed fight response with like species but this was attributed to fight response gene suppression not lack of genetic diversity. One should note that within the study area (on campus grounds) there were colonies that did not cooperate with like species. South and East coast colonies were found to have a much higher fight response amongst each other than West coast colonies probably due to multiple introductions of the Argentine ant. |
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In the "Description" section, the two references give conflicting size ranges for the workers. (Is there a better inline template than {{ dubious}} specifically for conflicting sources?)
Argentine ants range from light to dark brown and measure about 2.2 to 2.8 mm long.
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help)The workers which are all female are about 1/16" long and they are monomorphic, meaning they are all similar in size.
1/16" = 1.6 mm, so that's a pretty significant discrepancy. Additional sources would be very useful. 71.41.210.146 ( talk) 03:20, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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Since one of the most notable things about Argentine ants is how invasive they are, one idea that strikes me (which would also help address the previously mentioned concerns about needing more pictures) would be the addition of a map of the Argentine ant's range to the article. I notice that, although the article does mention its native range, several of the countries and continents it has "invaded", and the locations of a few of the largest (and most notable) supercolonies, the article does not actually specify all of the locations where the Argentine ant has been found. For example, something like the one in Africanized_bee. I'd do it myself, but I'm a busy college student who unfortunately lacks the time. Floyd661 ( talk) 01:48, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
"A non-toxic way to eradicate these ants is by dusting the trails, feeding sites and nest entrances with diatomaceous earth, if the problem is inside the home use food grade earth." is unsourced and assumes that diatomaceous earth has no drawbacks. Like borax, it can be a respiratory irritant. — Paleo Neonate – 06:11, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
I don't think the safety drawbacks should affect it's inclusion in the article, applications such as within wall spaces seem fairly useful since it does not degrade when dry. It would be nice to have a actual study though since it's effectiveness varies between insect and ant species, I found many brief references and it seems to be widely used for this ant, but nothing particularly authoritative confirming it's effectiveness on this particular ant. The ubiquity would appear to support it but it may still be best to leave the description as "it is used" rather than "it is effective". MasterTriangle12 ( talk) 14:24, 26 August 2020 (UTC)