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Welcome to info-now.org, the educational web pages of Dr. Carolyn Pararas-Carayannis.
info-now.org contains multiple, unrelated sections which can be accessed with ease by clicking on the associated icon. These subdomains provide educational articles about Myrmecology, Formicidae Taxonomy, Greece and the Greek Islands and Gardening and Gardening Tips. Many articles include high definition photos and/or videos that augment subject matter.
"The Wonderful World of Ants" contains easy-to-understand information all about ants - the types, the species, Myrmecology - the scientific study of ants - and Formicidae Taxonomy, the way ants are biologically classified and ranked by scientists within the insect world. High definition photos of ant species are available for viewing and educational ant videos augment text discussions.
"Greece - A Unique Nation" contains educational and informative articles which focus on unique, historical and contemporary topics regarding Greece and the Greek Islands. Articles are interesting and augmented with photos relevant to the discussion.
"Gardening Tips" is a section that provides informative, "how-to" articles about gardens and various gardening themes. Articles are topic-specific and to-the-point. Procedures are enumerated and explained in an easy to understand manner.
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The Fire Ant Fire ants are aggressive, stinging ants. Although they are quite tiny and vary in size from 2mm - 6mm, their bites pack quite a punch. If they are on you they will sting you - and it hurts! Fire ants are copper-brown in appearance with slightly darker abdomens. They live in large colonies and one often sees their mounds read more |
The Ant, Taxonomic Family: Formicidae Ants are fascinating insects even though most people think of them as a nuisance. They are extremely hard workers and live in complex, underground colonies. Alone, a single ant cannot survive but as part of a team, where each ant has a particular job to do, they not only survive but they thrive. Twenty subfamilies compose Family: Formicidae (ITIS, 2006) and as of December, 2008 there have been 12,471 species recorded (Antbase, 2005). Over twice the number of recorded species are believed to exit. Ants thrive throughout the world in all geographic locations except for a few remote islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, Greenland, Iceland and the polar regions. Ants, Family: Formicidae range in size from 0.75 to 52 mm (0.030 to 2.0 in) and vary in color. Most are red or black, green is rare, and some tropical species have a metallic luster (Wikipedia, 2008). Ants are covered with read more |
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