Silver surfers
Recently, my wife's silver car became covered by a swarm of flying ants. This was odd because none of the other cars parked nearby had any on at all. A friend mentioned it had happened to his silver car too and after searching online it seems it's a known phenomenon. Why is it that the swa...
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| Published in: | New scientist (1971) Vol. 236; no. 3148; p. 57 |
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| Format: | Magazine Article |
| Language: | English |
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21-10-2017
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| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Recently, my wife's silver car became covered by a swarm of flying ants. This was odd because none of the other cars parked nearby had any on at all. A friend mentioned it had happened to his silver car too and after searching online it seems it's a known phenomenon. Why is it that the swarm seems to be attracted to something silver? |
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| ISSN: | 0262-4079 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0262-4079(17)32079-1 |