Fire ants in the United States are broadly categorized into two groups – imported fire ants and native fire ants. Imported fire ants The most commonly encountered imported fire ant is the red imported fire ant, or Solenopsis invicta, also known as RIFA for short. Red imported fire ants pose...
Reports on the efforts to prevent the spread of fire ants in the United States (US). Introduction of natural enemies of the ants; How fire ants reached the US; How the thelahonia solenopsae microorganism infects fire...
Unlike queen fire ants in Brazil, two queens in the United States share a nest. Ants from these nests are more aggressive than those from single-queen nests. By destroying virtually all insects in the nest area, these aggressive ants gain sole access to food sources, and the ant population ...
Related to Fire ants:Carpenter ants,Army ants fire ant n. Any of various ants of the genusSolenopsisthat build large mounds and can inflict a painful sting, especiallyS. invicta,native to South America and naturalized in the southern United States. ...
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In the United States, fire ants outcompete and displace native ants, with cascading effects on the broader invertebrate community10,11,12. Experimental studies have confirmed that fire ants directly and indirectly impact various endemic small vertebrates. Specifically, predation by fire ants led to a...
There are 200 recognized ant species and they are also called ‘tropical fire ants’ or simply ‘red ants. These reddish brown ants are notable for their extremely aggressive nature. We speak of the fire ants’ behavior but people living in the southeastern United States know it all too well...
In the southern United States phorid flies have been imported as an attempt to control fire ants by natural means. The genusApocephalus, orant-decapitating fly, of which 110 species have been documented, is a parasite of the ant in South America. Members ofApocephalusreproduce by laying eggs...