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Argentina Ant Research Paper

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The Argentine Ant is a growing problem in California. The Argentine Ant is the ant usually found in someone’s house and they can be a bit of a nuisance once they settle down in a house. According to Jamie Hansen, the Argentine Ants are more susceptible to the drought than other ants, so the ants have to find more water (Ants Plague Local Residents…). This is why homeowners usually find the Argentine Ant more than any other ant. The real problem, however, is that the Argentine Ant kills other species of ants as well as other insects and plants when looking for new territories. This a problem because, they kill beneficial insects and due to their large “empire”, which extends from Mexico to the Oregon border, they decrease the number of
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