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Latin Name:: Iridomyrmex humilis
Appearance:: From light to dark brown. About 1/10-inch long. Antenna has 12 segments.
Habit:: Readily adaptable and can nest in a great variety of places. Colonies are massive and may contain hundreds of queens. Nests are usually located in moist soil, next to or under buildings, along sidewalks or beneath boards. These ants travel in trails, foraging day and night. They have been extraordinarily successful, because different colonies of the Argentine ants do not compete with each other, unlike most other species of ants. Their genetic makeup is so uniform that individuals from one colony can mingle in a neighboring colony without being attacked.
Diet:: Omnivorous, they can eat almost anything but prefer sweet foods.
Reproduction:: Eggs are white and laid in summer. Larvae emerge after about 28 days. Adult stage reached in about 74 days. Colonies often contain several queens and super-colonies may be formed by several large colonies in close proximity. They are attracted by electrical currents and are known to have caused damage to air conditioners, heat pumps, telephone junction boxes, traffic lights, gasoline pumps, and so on. When they become lodged or electrocuted between the contacts of relays, it damages the contacts and causes the equipment controlled by the relay to malfunction.
Other:: Has no important natural enemy in the United States.