"The fact that cannibal ants reproduce without a queen," says Lin, "and produce a new generation every 40 days, makes it possible to breed large numbers of them. This is the only way to deal with the red imported fire ant, which owes its own success to its reproductive speed and numbers."
「尤其粗角蟻無蟻后的特性，40 天就繁衍一代，可大量飼養，才足以對付以速度和數量取勝的入侵紅火蟻。」