Pest - Ants

An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.

Many ant species had been spread around the world with the help of a man. All of them have biological characteristics and invasive habits that pose a great risk threat to the biodiversity, cultural and economic values in the countries they were introduced.

The pharaoh ant - Monomorium pharaonis - is a small yellow, almost transparent pest ant. It has been introduced almost into every area of the world and is particularly bothersome pest in hotels, grocery stores, hospitals or multifamily buildings. Being tropical species by origin, pharaoh ants also thrive in buildings of temperate regions with central heating present.