crazy ant
Unpredictably moving insect
Crazy ant refers to several species of small ants known for their erratic, unpredictable movements—darting in rapid zigzags rather than following orderly trails like most ants.
The name applies especially to the tawny crazy ant, an invasive species spreading through the southern United States that forms massive colonies and damages electrical equipment: Crazy ants shorted out our air conditioning unit.
Broadcast signal receiver
- mandibleLower facial bone
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- queenMost powerful chess piece
worker · larvae · pupa · forager · tawny · longhorn · erratic · six-legged
Lacking regularity or consistency
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- jerkyCured meat snack
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
random · disorganized · rapid · chaotic · non-linear · wandering · scattering · darting
Pest takeover situation
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- baitLure for prey
- trapDevice for catching animals
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
insecticide · nuisance · foraging · intrusion · deterrent · repellent · control · eradication
Not indigenous here
- introducedMade formally acquainted
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- alienNon-native being
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
displacement · spread · aggressive · habitat · invasion · establishment · ecological impact · outcompete
antenna
Broadcast signal receiver
- mandibleLower facial bone
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
queen · worker · larvae · pupa · forager · tawny · longhorn · erratic · six-legged · pheromone
erratic
Lacking regularity or consistency
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- jerkyCured meat snack
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
frantic · random · disorganized · rapid · chaotic · non-linear · wandering · scattering · darting · twitchy
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- baitLure for prey
- trapDevice for catching animals
pesticide · insecticide · nuisance · foraging · intrusion · deterrent · repellent · control · eradication · spray
non-native
Not indigenous here
- introducedMade formally acquainted
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- alienNon-native being
colonization · displacement · spread · aggressive · habitat · invasion · establishment · ecological impact · outcompete · Houston
- antsFormica
- ant species
- Invasive Pestsemerald ash borer, spotted lanternfly, Asian giant hornet, gypsy moth, Japanese beetle
- Stinging Insectsbee, wasp, hornet, bumblebee, honeybee
crazy antarmy ant
Nomadic predatory insect colony
driver ant · leafcutter ant · harvester ant · carpenter ant · fire ant
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