Funny enough, in my particular location...Argentine ants suck at surviving anywhere but right by the river. Some type of Tetramorium species dominate a few locations inside the apartment complex. Brachymyrmex patagonicus dominate around my particular apartment unit and are all over. Solenopsis amblychila have a couple colonies. Up the river on top of a concrete platform with sand piled on it, Pogonomyrmex survive amidst hundreds of thousands or millions of Argentine ants all around them...Argentine ants can't even beat them at all.
Even by the river, Solenopsis invicta are very quickly spreading and taking over. So, Argentine ants will eventually lose their dominate area of control to the S. invicta.
That, and sadly Pheidole megacephala that my ex-friend threw out have colonies scattered around my unit. They have just started making lines up a tree too, so another few months and they'll dominate. They pretty much have a food source of sap and whatever else they get up trees. I told the apartment manager, but all they said is they only spray once a year due to people's allergies and pets. Or if people complain about them being inside their unit.
Its just funny, in my particular area...Argentine ants are incredibly weak. Can't beat any ant they come across, and actually, are rather non-aggressive toward even Pogonomyrmex. They tend to be beat back most of the time or have limited numbers. Except like I said, by the river where there are millions...that won't last though.
Maybe in my area, the Argentine ants are the peaceful variety. Because there is one Pogonomyrmex colony (over 10,000 in numbers...its a full mature colony), right next to hundreds of thousands of Argentine ants. Argentine ants leave them alone. No skirmishes or anything, they just ignore the Pogonomyrmex. They ignore Solenopsis invicta colonies too. But, they are like that all over my particular area of Irvine.
Edited by Vendayn, January 14 2015 - 12:37 AM.
