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Invasive ants spread by hitchhiking on everyday vehicles - EurekAlert


Scotty Yang, assistant professor in the department of entomology, details in a recent publication how ants might spread to new locations by stowing away on everyday vehicles. Previously, this was thought to occur mostly on agricultural equipment.

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