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To: nihil who wrote (54028)	7/28/2000 12:06:11 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Actually since all the ants are genetically related (idetical) on the maternal side those are "their" siblings, right? Not AUNTY ANTS.

To: nihil who wrote (54028)	7/28/2000 1:29:51 AM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 71178

They weren't my babies. Maybe they were somebody elses' babies, but I doubt it considering the queen is the mother of everyone in the nest. Okay, their sisters. These ants did about as much as rats in the sewer, flies in a restaurant, or any other vermin do to me. They are invaders, as am I, competing for resources. I admit it was a moment of moral weakness. I renounce my deed now. It was evil. But I don't have ants anymore... These Argentine ants are a polycolonial species introduced by human trade. They are from such a narrow genetic cross-section that they have no single "hive" affiliation and no natural controls. A worker gets lost, it just ends up walking to another hive and joining it. When the ant ( or, rat ) density gets too high, it is time to reduce their numbers. This colony had been in and out of my house and was too dense to have this close to my house. They frequently will move the nest when they do this.