在加利福尼亚，阿根廷蚂蚁由于缺乏基因变异而得以广泛传播。
In California, a lack of genetic variation in the Argentine ant has allowed the species to spread widely.
如果不顾它们的恶名，阿根廷蚂蚁可以说是很好的旅行家。
DESPITE their name, Argentine ants are a well-travelled lot.
蚂蚁的危害：基因武器能否击退阿根廷蚂蚁的超级种群扩张？
Ant Harm: Can Genetic Weapons Roll Back the Expansion of Argentine Ant Supercolonies?
阿根廷蚂蚁对加州海岸的接管通过当地自然生态系统的小变化被表现出来。
The Argentine ant's takeover of coastal California is marked by small shifts in the local, native ecosystem.
尽管阿根廷蚂蚁对一些在加州应用于柑橘的杀虫剂很敏感，化学药品没有起到特别的影响。
Although Argentine ants are susceptible to some of the insecticides used in California's citrus groves, the chemicals have not made much of an impact on them.
想像一下，把阿根廷蚂蚁当作城市的街头恶棍，它们移动到美国小城镇，Holway说。
Think of the Argentine ant as a city street tough that moves to small-town U.S., Holway said.
“因为阿根廷蚂蚁带来的农业问题，越来越多的研究小组注意到了他们，”Tsutsui说道。
"An increasingly large number of research groups are focusing on Argentine ants because of their agricultural problems," Tsutsui says.
Tsutsui本人寄希望于使用新的基因数据去确定阿根廷蚂蚁怎样留下化学痕迹让后来的蚂蚁跟随。
Tsutsui himself hopes to use the new genetic data to identify how the Argentines use chemicals to lay down trails for fellow ants to follow.
但是，侵略了新地区的，邻近的阿根廷蚂蚁种群却一起生活，不发生一点冲突，所以这里没有种群机制来保证蚂蚁数量的下降。
But neighboring Argentine ant colonies that invade new locations often live side by side with nary a scuffle, so there is no in-species mechanism to keep populations down.
一篇在2009年《昆虫社会学》（Insectes Sociaux不知道怎么翻）上的文章称，来自加州，欧洲和日本的阿根廷蚂蚁已经形成了全球超级种群。
A 2009 paper in Insectes Sociaux found that Argentine ants from California, Europe and Japan formed a global supercolony.
在那，两种不同的蚂蚁——阿根廷蚁和火蚁——正准备抢夺这个州164000平方英里的土地而打个你死我活。
There, two species of ants — Argentine and fire — are preparing to duke it out for the state’s 164, 000 square miles.
在那，两种不同的蚂蚁——阿根廷蚁和火蚁——正准备抢夺这个州164000平方英里的土地而打个你死我活。
There, two species of ants — Argentine and fire — are preparing to duke it out for the state’s 164, 000 square miles.
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