One Mega Ant Colony Encompasses Much of the World!!
Posted: 02 July 2009 07:34 AM   [ Ignore ]
Five Star Member
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  8042
Joined  2008-02-21

News Link gulp

    They are taking over!!!! big surprise

Scientists from Japan and Spain have discovered that one single mega colony of Argentine ants covers most of the world. Ants across Europe, the US and Japan are now known to be closely releated.

In Europe, the colony stretches over 6000km along the Mediterranean coast, in the US the colony stretches along the California coast for some 900km and in Japan, a huge colony has been built on the country’s west coast.

Writing in the journal Insect Sociaux, the researchers said: “The enormous extent of this population is paralleled only by human society,” and concluded that humans helped the mega colony form by transporting the insects around the world.

*...gets out the Diazanon crystals…* shock

 Signature 

“Always, I Do What Is Necessary” - Rissa Kerguelen
Go to my Blog. It’s scary good.

I Am Still The Black Swan Of Trespass On Alien Waters
The ‘Real’ Prime Directive: Don’t Be A Twit!

Profile
 
 
Posted: 02 July 2009 08:43 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
Five Star Member
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  21864
Joined  2006-03-29

*puts on my ant stomping boots*

 Signature 

The ones who matter most are the children.  They are the true human beings.  Lakota Proverb

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.  Benjamin Franklin, 1775

Profile
 
 
Posted: 02 July 2009 03:49 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
Five Star Member
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  57793
Joined  2005-04-14

On the plus side, Argentine ants are good at totally slaughtering fire-ants.

 Signature 

“If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts.”

Profile