nuisance ants and mound-building ants.

Portuguese translation: formigas de montículos

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English term or phrase:mound-building ants
Portuguese translation:formigas de montículos
Entered by: Matheus Chaud

20:17 Oct 11, 2016
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Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Insects: Ants species
English term or phrase: nuisance ants and mound-building ants.
Hi, I am just translating a text in which there are two species of ants: "nuisance ants" and "mound-building ants".
I don't know how to translate them.
Thanks
Felipe Harrison
Brazil
Local time: 12:55
formigas pragas e formigas de montículos
Explanation:

Minha esposa é PhD em zoologia e especialista em mirmecologia - segundo ela é isso!

Nuisance ants seria outro nome para plague ants - são as formigas que causam problemas para o ser humano e por isso são consideradas pragas, um "incômodo", vamos dizer assim.

Já as mound-building ants são as formigas que vivem em montículos, assim como os cupins de montículo:

http://www.cupim.net.br/cupins-ecossistema.htm

https://insects-spiders.knoji.com/allegheny-mound-ants-what-...

Allegheny Mound Ants are called this because they build impressive mounds

Espero que ajude!
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 12:55
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nuisance ants and mound-building ants
formigas pragas e formigas de montículos


Explanation:

Minha esposa é PhD em zoologia e especialista em mirmecologia - segundo ela é isso!

Nuisance ants seria outro nome para plague ants - são as formigas que causam problemas para o ser humano e por isso são consideradas pragas, um "incômodo", vamos dizer assim.

Já as mound-building ants são as formigas que vivem em montículos, assim como os cupins de montículo:

http://www.cupim.net.br/cupins-ecossistema.htm

https://insects-spiders.knoji.com/allegheny-mound-ants-what-...

Allegheny Mound Ants are called this because they build impressive mounds

Espero que ajude!

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 12:55
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 120
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