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Inseminated queens found new colonies but are eventually replaced by intercastes ( Warner et al . 2004 ) . Colony multiplication also occurs by budding , in which intercastes leave the parent colony along with some nestmates and brood ...
Urban Pest Management of Ants in California
In World War II, spider silk was used for the cross hairs in gun sights because of its strength and durability. ... When spiders encounter prey, most either bite the prey, injecting it with venom and then wrap the prey in silk, ...
Explores the biology, importance of, and methods of encouragement of bees, wasps, and ants found in a garden.
This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other “bugs” found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada.
"In this enormously useful book, a profound need is met by a profound contribution, the first such comprehensive work in over fifty years. While brief, Ants of North America is the distillation of a vast amount of study and practice.
This book is the first user-friendly regional guide devoted to ants—the “little things that run the world.” Lavishly illustrated with more than 500 line drawings, 300-plus photographs, and regional distribution maps as composite ...
In this gorgeous book, celebrated natural history writer and wildlife photographer Wayne Lynch reveals the secrets of owls with stunning photographs, personal anecdotes, and accessible science.
Ants are among the most conspicuous and the most ecologically important of insects.
... Hess and James 1998; Tschinkel 2002; Tschinkel and Hess 1999). These probably all refer to pinicola, based on conversations with some of the authors, descriptions of the biology of the species, and personal experience collecting ...