ghost ants
Translucent tropical pests
Ghost ants are tiny, pale insects named for their translucent legs and abdomen, which make them appear to vanish against light surfaces.
Native to tropical regions, they've become common household pests in warm climates, forming large colonies and trailing along kitchen counters in search of sweets: We've got ghost ants in the pantry again.
Permitting diffused light passage
- paleLacking color intensity
- tinyExtremely small in size
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- see-throughAllowing vision through
abdomen · whitish · faint · barely visible · microscopic · speck · hard to see · camouflaged
Most powerful chess piece
- workerPerson who toils
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- mandibleLower facial bone
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
pupa · foraging · pheromones · budding · colony · social · brood · entomology
Dependent territorial settlement
- swarmMass of moving insects
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- invasionForcible entry into territory
infested · overrun · trail · kitchen · pantry · sugar · sweet · food source
One who eradicates vermin
- baitLure for prey
- boric acidWeak triprotic antiseptic substance
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- insecticideToxic agent targeting pests
trap · pest control · fumigation · eradicate · repellent · diatomaceous earth · slow-acting · prevention
Not indigenous here
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- introducedMade formally acquainted
- spreadTo distribute widely
- colonizeEstablish control over territory
hitchhiker · greenhouse · nursery · Florida · Texas · Hawaii · cargo · shipping
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
see-through · abdomen · whitish · faint · barely visible · microscopic · speck · hard to see · camouflaged
queen
Most powerful chess piece
larvae · pupa · foraging · pheromones · budding · colony · social · brood · entomology · arthropod
colony
Dependent territorial settlement
invasion · infested · overrun · trail · kitchen · pantry · sugar · sweet · food source · indoor
exterminator
One who eradicates vermin
- baitLure for prey
- boric acidWeak triprotic antiseptic substance
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
insecticide · trap · pest control · fumigation · eradicate · repellent · diatomaceous earth · slow-acting · prevention · sanitation
non-native
Not indigenous here
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- introducedMade formally acquainted
- spreadTo distribute widely
colonize · hitchhiker · greenhouse · nursery · Florida · Texas · Hawaii · cargo · shipping · displacement
ghost antscarpenter ants
Insects that nest in wood
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