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entomologist victoria tenbrink, research associate arnold h. hara, entomologist college of tropical agriculture and human resources, university of hawaii hosts fire ants feed on grass seeds that they gather and store in granaries of their large, centralized nest systems, which often extend feet into the ground
construction of the mound. as they age, they become reserves, who groom the larvae, defend the colony, build and maintain the mound, and bring back food discovered by the foragers, the oldest ants. foragers lay a chemical trail for the reserves to follow when a food supply is found. behavior fire ants are ground...
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