Seasonal rhythms shape life in Canberra in ways that differentiate the capital from Australia's warmer seaside cities, and those rhythms encompass the behaviour of the ant populations that share the city's domestic and industrial spaces with its human occupants. The transition from Canberra's col

There is a specific disappointment that features finding ants marching purposefully across a kitchen bench at 6 in the early morning, and for Canberra citizens, this experience is far from unusual. The capital's varied city landscape, with its carefully maintained

Ants are among the most effective organisms in the world, and nowhere is their versatility more apparent than in a city like Canberra, where the combination of distinct seasonal temperature level variation, extensive green areas, and the warmth generated by property and business structures create