From tiny nuisances to powerful predators, ants are some of the most fascinating, diverse and sometimes deadliest insects on ...

Ants are some of the world’s most prolific and misunderstood insects. While North America alone is home to around 1,000 ...

Why you should never squash ants in your home. So far as natural pest control methods go, simply squashing is as non-toxic as ...

Urban Ecologist Sylvana Ross visits Baltimore, Maryland to find Tapinoma Sessile, the odorous house ant. Ross’ research is focused on ants and how they respond to different environments within a ...

Tapinoma sessile is also known as the odorous house ant. You know the small brown ant you find in your kitchen? Yeah, that's probably her (ant colonies are almost entirely female).

Known by many names — Tapinoma sessile, sugar ant, “a darn nuisance” — odorous house ants are likely the tiny insects that residents encounter when they see a newfound ant party atop a ...

The ant species in question, the odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile), may have evolved for life in some of the tightest spots in the forest, but once it moves into our comparatively roomy ...

A pair of ant researchers used a public sniff test to try to identify the tantalizing fragrance of Tapinoma sessile, the odorous house ant: C. Penick & A. Smith. 2015.

In “Bugs That Rule the World,” Ross studies an ant species called Tapinoma sessile. Also known as sugar ants, these bugs have a sweet tooth that makes them a great fit for coexisting with humans.

The odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile, is one of the most common ants in the US, and people who’ve actually sniffed their fingers after crushing them typically liken the smell to rotten ...

But if you crush a member of the ant species Tapinoma sessile,you might catch a whiff of a strange smell—a smell that reminds some people of blue cheese, rancid butter or rotten coconut.