19.10) was introduced to North America from Europe. At one time it was especially common only along the Atlantic seacoast, but now it is very common throughout North America. Nests are usually located in soil, but also commonly occur in houses. The pavement ant is omnivorous, being ...
Here, we studied the speciation of two fire ant species, Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri, both native to South America, both inadvertently introduced to North America in the early twentieth century. While the two species are known to admix in the introduced range, in the native range...
Fire ants nest in the soil, often near moist areas, such as river banks, pond edges, watered lawns and highway edges. A single nest is usually less than a square yard (square meter), and may have several small openings on the surface or in fissures; the ants shift the entrance during...
There are a few hundred species of ants in theSolenopsisgenus but only a select few have earned the name “fire ant.” In the American southeast, the dominant species is the invasive red imported fire ant,Solenopsis invicta, coming by way of South America. They were introduced into the Unit...
Fire ants are one of the most aggressive insects found all over the world. They don’t bite but sting and itburns, hence their name. These ants are dark reddish-brown in color and nest in soil or the landscaping areas. They are commonly introduced into new areas through potted plants, ...
(Nowacki and Abrams2008). When fires are reintroduced to these stands under conditions extreme enough to allow spread, expectations were that mesic species would decline. However, recent work points to changed microbial communities and decomposition patterns that place fire-tolerant species at greater ...
The black imported fire ant, Solenopsis richteri, also native to South America, is a species closely related to S. invicta. These two species invaded the United States through the same entrance: the port of Mobil, Alabama. Although S. richteri was introduced and established earlier than S. ...
(Nowacki and Abrams2008). When fires are reintroduced to these stands under conditions extreme enough to allow spread, expectations were that mesic species would decline. However, recent work points to changed microbial communities and decomposition patterns that place fire-tolerant species at greater ...
The black imported fire ant, Solenopsis richteri, also native to South America, is a species closely related to S. invicta. These two species invaded the United States through the same entrance: the port of Mobil, Alabama. Although S. richteri was introduced and established earlier than S. ...
There are two types of imported fire ants. First is the Black fire ant that was imported around 1918 into Mobile, Ala. from South America. Their presence is generally limited to Mississippi and Alabama. Whereas the more pervasive Red Fire ant exists predominately in the South ranging from Flo...