[NatureNS] Flying ants

From: nhungjohn <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:32:54 -0300
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Sounds like a joke, to me.

I remember irruptions of flying ants on hot August days in the '50's and 
'60's, and think flying reproductives are how ant species establish new 
colonies

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Doull" <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 8:54 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Flying ants


> Read the comments in Chronicle Herald in Internet below.  It was in 
> response
> of flying ants in Halifax.  Any truth in it?
>
> "Flying ants are not natural species to Nova Scotia. They were introduced 
> by
> local sport ant hunters who determined the native, ground-walking Nova
> Scotia ants were too easy to catch in the 1970s. They have been known to
> breed with the Northern wild ant, thus creating a hybrid-type that appears
> unafraid of humans and can act unpredictably"
> 

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