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    ANTS & THEIR RELATIVES
     
     

ANTS & THEIR RELATIVES
     
    There are literally thousands of methods of controlling and killing ants. However, there are only a handful of methods that are really effective. Ants can be viewed as a well-organized military unit that is trained to find food and water at all costs. They are tenacious and if there is any food or water to be located they will find it. There are over 12,000 species of ants in the world with California having over 200 species.
     
        The average life expectancy of an ant is only 45-60 days. An ant brain has about 250,000 brain cells. The human brain has about 10,000 million brain cells; however, a colony of 40,000 ants has the same brain capacity as a human.
     
    There are fewer ants running around when there is a lot of rain. When there is a dry weather period they multiply very quickly. Ants can be both a help to and a real pest. When they are just in the soil, they will aerate the soil and will even kill other pests like termites and other insects.
     
    Ants are found everywhere in the world and number more than any other land creature. Their societies are well organized and revolve around a queen and males with neuter workers and females doing the day-to-day chores. They know who is a member of a particular colony and will not allow an outsider to enter their nest. They protect the colony by squirting formic acid at predators and can spray up to 1-foot away.
     
    A colony is capable of having as many as