Why NC's newest invasive ant, now found across the state, poses a triple threat An invasive ant species native to East Asia has spread to every corner of North Carolina, and it can cause health and environmental problems.

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Field Frame Friday: Ants know how to take a taxi! The black cocoa ant (Dolichoderus thoracicus) is one of Southeast Asia’s most common and widely recognized arboreal ant species. Recently, they have also attracted attention as an invasive sp…

Careful where you park! Park near a black cocoa ant colony, and your vehicle becomes an ant taxi! Yi-Ting Fang wrote about these ants and what a supercolony is, with photography by Feng-Chuan Hsu.
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