Supercolonies

Ants from different "supercolonies" on different continents won't attack each other, like ants usually do, because they know they're of the same species. ❋ Fresca (2009)

Argentine ants, who live in enormous "supercolonies" and are considered an invasive species. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Argentine ants, which live in enormous "supercolonies" and are considered an invasive species. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I recall reading an article years ago about fire ants forming supercolonies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The bugs, technically known as paratrechina species near pubens, form multiqueen supercolonies and breed by the millions, especially during the summer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Buczkowski said understanding why the supercolonies form could lead to better control of the pests in homes, as well as ensuring that they don't outcompete beneficial species. ❋ PhysOrg Team (2010)

Common house ants form supercolonies, prosper in urban settings ❋ Unknown (2010)

A native ant species that occupies small colonies in undisturbed forests can form enormous supercolonies with hundreds of queens in urban areas, a scientist has reported. ❋ Roberta (2010)

Understanding why the supercolonies form could lead to better control of the pests in homes, as well as ensure that they don't out-compete beneficial species. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Grzegorz Buczkowski discovered odorous house ants living in supercolonies, creating complex networks entomologists have never seen with the species before now. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ants live about 50 to a colony with one queen in forest settings but explode into supercolonies with more than 6 million workers and 50,000 queens in urban areas. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ants live about 50 to a colony with one queen in forest settings but explode into supercolonies with more than 6 million workers and ❋ Unknown (2010)