The Invasion of Yellow Crazies. by Reretua Moses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc Made by rere :) en-us 2022-03-14 21:27:10 UTC 2022-03-22 22:33:27 UTC hello@padlet.com My Prior Knowledge remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2094684743 What I know about Yellow Crazies is that they are some type of ant. They stay in Tokelau and they ruin their crops, eat their wildlife, and make it hard for people to eat and sleep.]]> 2022-03-14 21:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2094684743 The Text remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2094693361 2022-03-14 21:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2094693361 4. What are the ‘yellow crazies’ and what is their impact? (why are they a nuisance?) remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096848956 The yellow crazies are yellow ants. They are a nuisance because they crawl over people day and night, they also eat young wildlife, and they also damage plants and spread diseases.]]> 2022-03-15 22:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096848956 6. Meanings for habitat, ecosystem, and erratic. remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096849861 Habitat- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms.

Ecosystem- a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Erratic- not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

]]> 2022-03-15 22:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096849861 7. What is the root of the word ‘invasive’. remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096850121 The root word of invasive is invade.]]> 2022-03-15 22:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096850121 5. Add three images of this creature - use Google to help….what is the proper name of these ants? Does it say in the text? remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096868897 The proper name for the Yellow Crazies is Anoplolepis gracilipes. It does not say the name in the text.]]> 2022-03-15 22:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096868897 remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096869244 2022-03-15 22:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096869244 remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096869793 2022-03-15 22:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096869793 remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096870062 2022-03-15 22:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2096870062 8. Where are these ants from? And where have they spread to? remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098923572 The Yellow Crazies are native to Africa they have spread to Central and South America, Asia and other countries around the Pacific. They hitchhike themselves around the world through food, machinery, and building supplies.]]> 2022-03-16 23:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098923572 9. remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098927058 2022-03-16 23:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098927058 10. What are the three big problems with these ants? remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098930165 These Pests are becoming a big problem because:
  -these pests damage plants and spread plants disease.
  -they eat young birds, crabs, lizards, and other wildlife.
  -they get into your house and become a nuisance, they crawl over adults and children day and night.]]> 2022-03-16 23:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098930165 11. How do scientists gather data about these ants? remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098933717 The scientists gather data by collecting samples and carrying out surveys. Some scientists used a special trap called lures to capture the ants. And they also used pitfull traps to capture the ants so they could identify and count them.]]> 2022-03-16 23:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098933717 12. What is going to be done to help this problem? remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098938088 They had many options to manage/help this problem and some were:

-Eradication: killing all the ants with pesticide

-Control: reducing the ant population with pesticide so they are less of a nuisance 

-Containment: stopping the ants from spreading

-Monitoring: regularly collecting data]]> 2022-03-16 23:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2098938088 remoses https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2108464562 2022-03-22 22:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/remoses/dm4x3hcdt93wonoc/wish/2108464562