Talk:Pharaoh ant

message: -I think the “Colony proliferation”, “Pheromones”, and “Foraging” sections could use links to other Wikipedia articles. There are certain words that could use more definition and would be more helpful to the reader. I added a few links for the following words: “budding”, “colony fragmentation”, “venom alkaloids”, and “insecticidal.” There are probabaly more to be added. 
-I thought the information was very clear and the language made it very easy for people to understand. 
-I thought that you variety of sources was very diverse and that made the articles more credible because the sources were cross-referenced. 
-I think that you are working on improving a section the colony interaction section is a good area. I think there can be more diverse sources and it’s a good place to elaborate because it’s an interesting section and could use more information. 
Hansika.n (talk) 01:48, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer review

message: Question: Do Pharaoh ants live worldwide, or just in Egypt:)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.94.232.137 (talk • contribs) 19:07, 25 June 2005
:Idea comes to mind.. Bug Warfare! --Cyberman 00:04, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: One more thing.. this article looks totally ripped from this site:http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2136.html --Cyberman 00:07, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well I got 'em in Canada. HairyWombat (talk) 00:09, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worldwide? 

message: Could someone suggest a good insecticide to get rid of this annoying ant species ? Prunk (talk) 16:26, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have these ants too, and this page http://www.pestproducts.com/pharaohants.htm seems to recommend some decent products. After having them destroy all my food stuffs tonight, I'm sure I'll be researching the hell out of their elimination. Mizunori (talk) 01:38, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

text: Insecticides don't work well on these types of ants, due to their feeding and reproductive habits.  A better strategy is to feed them a bait that they carry back to the nest and feed to their queens, destroying their reproductive capability as well as wiping out the workers over a period of several days.  Many people have reported good results with liquid baits made of boric acid powder (available from your local pharmacy), granulated table sugar and water.  One-quarter teaspoon boric acid, one tablespoon sugar and three tablespoons water is a good starting point, placed in shallow dishes where the ants are swarming. Using too much boric acid can make the bait bitter and repel the ants. The same bait works on Argentine ants, similar in size to pharaoh ants and having similar habits. As a matter of fact, I think the two Wikipedia articles should cross-link for this reason, as readers may mistake one species for the other. —QuicksilverT @ 23:25, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Cross linked with Argentine ant article using "See also" sections. HairyWombat (talk) 03:57, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Here's a mix that has worked: 80% finely ground, raw liver (bovine), 15% bread crumbs, 3% honey, 2% boric acid. Mix thoroughly, preferably in a mincer. Put mixture into 3" pieces of 1/2" plastic tubing, place baits on ants' paths, keep moist, replace bait after one week. Unused baits can be refrigerated or frozen. --Janke|Talk 06:07, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Had an infestation in my apartment building recently; all 163 apartments had them. The management brought in professional exterminators who put down bait. It took about six months before they were all gone, with the exterminators renewing the bait every three months. So they are persistent little buggers, but they can be eliminated. HairyWombat (talk) 03:49, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Renewing every three months? I.e. one exchange? Did you perchance mean weeks? --Janke|Talk 08:26, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

text:  No, months. They renewed twice, once after three months and again after six months. At the second renewal (after six months) there were no ants left, but they were contracted to do it anyway. The ants were in the fabric of the building, rather than in any of the apartments, so the exterminators put bait under the sink in each kitchen, under the sink in each bathroom, and under the bath (via a ceiling hatch in the apartment below). This was so ants walking along the water and waste pipes would encounter them. At each location three types of bait were used. A bright green paste squirted onto the waste pipe, and two baits placed on the floor. The two floor baits used were Gourmet Liquid Ant Bait containing a transparent colourless liquid (Borax 5.4%), and Maxforce containing solid bait (fish meal with Hydramethylnon 0.9%). HairyWombat (talk) 00:05, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eliminating these sort of ants 

message: "The entire life cycle takes about 38 to 45 days" - Does this mean that the life expectancy of an ant is 38-45 days? This figure probably refers to worker ants; what is the life expectancy of queens? --Erel Segal (talk) 08:32, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life span 

message: I added the subsections: Nest Demographic, Mating, Queen-worker relationship and Colony Interaction. These subsections have information from published sources and the sources can be found in the references section. Pocketkings (talk) 04:51, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Behavior subsection

message: I reformatted a lot of this article and added quite a bit of information on behavior (1000 words and 10 references). I am researching social insects as part of an undergraduate ecology class at my university and edited this article for an assignment. I hope I have improved this article. Please contact me if you have any questions. Aschefkind (talk) 00:20, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to address these two in-line comments: (Decay Rates) and (No entry)... --Janke|Talk 11:47, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Behavior sections

message: Thanks for your work on this one! I'm glad to see it nominated for GA, but it seems to me to need a little work before it'll be ready. The biggest issue I see is the lead, which doesn't seem to adequately summarize the article; ideally, the lead should at least touch on all of the article's sections, whereas the current lead only discusses geographic distribution, and gives information not found in the article's body. You can see the full policy if you're interested at WP:LEAD.
Second, there seem to be some uncited statements that will need citation per our policies on verification; a statement like "they possess on average 32 ommatidia", being a number, should probably be cited, or a statistic like " it takes the pharaoh ant about 38 to 45 days, depending on temperature and relative humidity." Argumentation like "The decision to wash, which takes energy and time, must have sufficient hygienic benefits to have evolved in this species" should also have inline citation to show that it's not original research. Hopefully these won't be difficult fixes to make, but the article is almost certain to fail GA if these issues aren't addressed.
Thanks again for the work to improve this one, and good luck with the review! -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:31, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions to get to GA 

message: Not sure if we're interested in more pictures of these little guys, but I have a few. If they're good enough to put up, great, if not, that's fine too.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/14sjnk0ebc6nqr4/PharaohAntScale.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jvulgxunvdr8ot/PharaohAnts2.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bg7stqwh50bjsgh/PharaohAnts3.jpg?dl=0  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.170.131.177 (talk) 18:50, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add more pictures? 

message: Not Inside,What Is Perfered nesting Medium?Dirt?Wood?Sand? PTasker15 (talk) 18:28, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nesting