BULLY! FOR SMALL WONDERS 'THE ANT BULLY' Animated feature about a young boy who is shrunk and forced to work in the ant colony he's been terrorizing. With voices of Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage ...

Virginia may have a new ally in the fight against one of the most invasive insects threatening trees, crops, and other ...

Based on Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming digitally animated family adventure The Ant Bully, Midway's action/adventure videogame allows players to experience and explore the marvels of the insect ...

Adapted from the book by John Nickle, The Ant Bully is a computer-animated fable of triumph against adversity, which promotes messages of teamwork and self-sacrifice, and affirms the notion that ...

It appears that ants aren't just opportunistically squeezing honeydew out of any old aphid colony. They are deliberately maintaining aphid herds, possibly for many seasons, by carefully selecting ...

They defend honeydew-producing insects from predators and parasites while harvesting honeydew as a prized food source. The first step is to deny ants access to their food.

There are about 200 species of ants in California. The vast majority are harmless. In fact, many ants are considered beneficial because they feed on termites, fleas and other pests in the garden.

A: The ants may be after the sweet "honeydew" secreted by aphids, scale or whiteflies. Some ants even protect these insects from predators. Honeydew is found on leaf surfaces; often sooty mold ...

The round aphids produce honeydew for the ants, as expected. However, the researchers discovered that, unlike the round morph, the flat aphids produce three chemicals in their surface cuticles ...

Ants farm root aphid clones in subterranean rooms Date: July 2, 2012 Source: BioMed Central Limited Summary: The yellow meadow ant, Lasius flavus, farms root aphids for sugar (honeydew) and ...