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ANTS

Ants are the number one pest problem in the country.Ants leave an invisible chemical trail which contains pheromones for others to follow once they locate the food source.They can number up to 300,000 to 500,000 and whole colonies can uproot and relocate quickly when threatened. Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.Most do-it-yourself ant control approaches only kill the ants you see. Some truly effective treatments can penetrate and destroy nests to help prevent these pests from returning.

Spiders in Missouri

Missouri is home to more than 300 species of spiders. Some individuals are the size of a pinhead and are easily overlooked. Others are surprisingly large, with a leg span of 4 or more inches. Size is helpful when determining the two suborders of spiders, though other characteristics are more diagnostic. The orthognatha, which includes the tarantulas and trapdoor spiders, are generally large, with stout bodies, stout legs, and jaws that move vertically. They also tend to be long-lived, some up to 25 years. The labidognatha, which includes garden spiders and orb weavers, generally have thinner bodies, spindly legs, and have jaws that move horizontally. The majority of spiders in Missouri belong to this suborder. Spiders live in virtually every type of habitat in Missouri-and in staggering numbers. British arachnologists have estimated populations ranging from 11,000 spiders per acre in woodlands to more than 2 1/2 million individuals in a grassland acre.