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Ants in the pants drive away birds

Supercolonies of invasive insects spoil avian picnics on Christmas Island

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Dubbed “yellow crazy ants” by people, an invasive ant drives birds crazy too.

BERRY PICKING A native bird called the Christmas Island white-eye (left) doesn’t feed on as many berries as usual when invasive yellow crazy ants swarm over plants.