Thursday 8 November 2018

An invasion of yellow crazies

In what part of the world are yellow ants a problem and why? Africa,central south america, asia and countries across the pacific they hitchhike there way over oceans hiding in the food,machineries and building supplies that is shipped around the world. Why does the writer think yellow ants are good travellers? Cause they traveled to south america, asia, and africa and they have long skinny legs. If the yellow ants are good hitchhiker's what do you think this means in the story? Good at dodging and good and not getting hit by something What is an invader? Why are yellow ants good invaders? They are good invaders because they don’t attack each other Identify some of the problems caused by yellow ants. They eat young birds,crabs,lizards and wildlife the also crawl in to people houses crawl over people night and day and in to food supplies machines and beds and clean laundry they don’t bite but when they are disturbed they spray an acid which can attract people’s eye throats and skin. What is a lure and what do scientists use them for? One way that scientist gather data about the yellow ants by using traps What is a pitfall trap?Another way that scientist collect data about the yellow crazy ants by using pitfall traps called lures the scientists place some sugar water,peanut butter,cat food and honey on card on the ground to interact ants. What is a card count?Card counts was a way that people estimate the number of ants. They place a white card on the ground and count the number of ants that cross over the card 30 second period.

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