{"id":717,"date":"2011-05-30T10:52:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T15:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2011-05-30T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T15:52:46","slug":"swarming-ants-may-confuse-you-but-not-a-new-jersey-pest-control-expert-part-i-of-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/30\/swarming-ants-may-confuse-you-but-not-a-new-jersey-pest-control-expert-part-i-of-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Swarming Ants May Confuse You, But Not A New Jersey Pest Control Expert Part I Of II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The warmer springtime temperature has arrived in New Jersey and with such so has the emergence of many household pests that have been in hiding over the cold winter months.\u00a0 One troublesome pest that continues to cause problems, and often confusion for many New Jersey residents, is ants.\u00a0 Ants<\/a> are on the constant hunt for food, water and shelter\u2026all things that are in easy supply thanks to humans.<\/p>\n

There are currently more than 12,500 species of ants in the world.\u00a0 Ants<\/a> outnumber humans and have spread to every continent on the planet, except the Polar Regions.\u00a0 Like other insect species, ants play an important role in the nature.\u00a0 Ants pollinate plants, feed on dead or live insects, and aerate soil.\u00a0 Ants are social insects that live in large colonies or groups.<\/p>\n

Here are a few interesting ant facts:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Depending on the species, some ant colonies have one queen or many queens.
\n\u2022\u00a0When ants fight, it is usually to the death.
\n\u2022\u00a0The pheromone trail that ants leave behind tells them where they have been when they are foraging.
\n\u2022\u00a0Ants are amazingly strong.\u00a0 They can lift 20 times their own body weight!<\/p>\n

NJ pest control professionals<\/a> say that ant colonies contain three types of ants: the queen, the female workers and the males.\u00a0 Once she reaches adulthood, the queen ant is the only ant that can lay eggs.\u00a0 Queens typically live for many years, so it is not uncommon for her to produce millions of babies in her lifetime.\u00a0 When the queen of the colony dies, she is rarely replaced by another ant.\u00a0\u00a0Workers are not able to reproduce and the colony will die after a few months.\u00a0 The role of the male ant is to mate with the queen or future queen ants.\u00a0 Males do not live long after their job is complete.<\/p>\n

Please check back on Wednesday for the conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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