Native ants use chemical weapon to turn back invading Argentine ants
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Argentine ants are taking over the world or at least the nice temperate parts. They've spread into Mediterranean and subtropical climates across the globe in sugar shipments from Argentina, and no native ant species has been known to withstand their onslaught until now. A group of Stanford University undergraduate students working on a class project have discovered that a native species, the plucky winter ant, has been using chemical warfare to combat the Argentine tide.
