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The specific hurdle mentioned in the article is that they only live in the tropics. However they do mention research looking at using wood ants to protect Maiz
by colwem 11y ago
The specific hurdle mentioned in the article is that they only live in the tropics. However they do mention research looking at using wood ants to protect Maize or to control winter moths in temperate regions.
- ZoeZoeBee 11y agoYeah, I said Florida and California.... Anyways the weaver Ant is endemic to places that are not just the tropics, they've been used on citrus plants in China since 400 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant
- davidw 11y agoFlorida, maybe. California isn't all that 'tropical' in terms of its climate - it's mostly way too dry for that, and the wet portions along the north coast are too cold to be tropical.