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Acrobat ant
* acquire food largely through predation of other insects, like wasps.
* are capable of nesting inside buildings, sometimes inside insulated spaces.
* are known to eat different types of wasps
  - nest in wall voids and certain types of foam insulation
* can also nest outside but forage into houses in search of food and water.
* feed on a variety of foods, including other insects and sweets
* hunt both large and small prey.
* participate in a form of mutualism called myrmecophytism.
* protect the aphids that produce the honeydew.

Amazon ant
* raid the nests of other ants.
* steal other ants' larvae to hatch in their own nest.

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Argentine ant
* All Argentine ants are dull brown, though males and queens are usually darker than workers
  - the same size
* Most argentine ants kill insects
* Most argentine ants live in colonies
  - large colonies
* Some argentine ants do have teeth.
* are a hostile species of ants
  - serious threat to the ecosystem
  - very common pest in homes in warm areas
  - able to establish new colonies with as little as ten worker ants and one queen
  - aggressive, often eliminating other types of ants in the same area
  - an invasive species from South America
  - considered a major pest to people in areas they have invaded
  - effective at recruiting foragers to, and monopolising, food resources
  - highly aggressive towards other ant species and potential predators
* are light to dark brown and bite, rather than sting
  - in color
  - omnivorous
  - one of the most persistent and troublesome of all the house-infesting ants
  - readily adaptable and can nest in a great variety of places
  - social insects
  - successful as an invasive species due to their behavior
  - usually extremely abundant wherever they have established
  - very small ants, around a sixteenth of an inch long
* avoid the cold winters by inhabiting heated buildings.
* can also cause direct and indirect damage to crops
  - be aggressive to other insects
  - make their way through even the smallest openings
  - persist in a variety of climates
* cause an increase in scale numbers on fruit trees
  - problems
* deposit trails of food continuously, instead of just from nest to food source.
* feed on sweets, honeydew and oily household foods.
* follow regular trails when foraging.
* form colonies
  - giant supercolonies, so recognizing other ants from their colony is important
  - very large colonies of a few hundred to several hundred thousand workers
* give significant care to the queens' offspring.
* kill other insects and invade human dwellings
* mate in their nests during late spring and summer.
* prefer sweet foods such as sugars, syrups, fruit and fruit juices.
* relocate their nests often.
* show their fighting mettle by attacking a harvester ant.

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Army ant
* Most army ants are blind.
* Some army ants have eyes.
* are ants
  - good for some people because they help take the bugs out of people's homes
  - meat-eaters, feeding on a variety of animals even including small birds
  - too aggressive, and can sting
* cooperate to nurture young, choose and care for a queen, capture and kill prey.
* feed on anything in their path.
* have large, scissor-like jaws called mandibles
  - queens with smaller thoraxes, who look very similar to regular ants
  - six legs
* is an ant
* live in hot, wet areas
  - huge colonies and, unlike other ants, have no fixed nests
  - parts of Africa and South America
* use their antennae to sense smell and touch.

Bull ant
* Most bull ants have abdomens
  - vision
* Most bull ants live in areas
  - urban areas
* are found throughout Australia.
* live in urban areas, forests and woodland, and heath

Bullet ant
* are the largest ants in Central America, at about an inch long.
* tend to be rather solitary, but one is quite enough.